Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Gurdis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 2'11" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She worked as a nervous Unemployed and found it very stressful. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cora fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers brown and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his blonde hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Armorer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Armorer. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Armorer for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Armorer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her bronze crest is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vezera and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).

Description: An older woman who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Elizabeth was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: An older woman who wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of warhammers on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vaina was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'7". She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.