Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Synthrin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a white coat with violet slacks. Her white hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Weaver who has hired her part-time. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Galiena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: Born in the west to a Cook, Azaki learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This dark-skinned male likes to wear red tank tops with grey pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears a pastel deerstalker hat and pastel clothes. His lavender fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. After coming to the age of reason, Heian took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a fancy black suit. He keeps his long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is content

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Half-Plate.