Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries shortspears. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His ears are large.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Howard took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in an above average manner. His brown hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 cp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has no hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Therai never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Fargrim hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Fargrim alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp. Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is knotted and matted. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sarai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 3'0" eastern woman, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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, Lidda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Lidda was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Lidda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.