Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Manfred was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Manfred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Oren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hand crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Adrex was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 40 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Black opal (500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brass crest is still thick. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Doudra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This man typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dagger will drive conversation. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 3'6" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is still thick. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alston grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Alston. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1400 sp. Azurite (6 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Erevan was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 280 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).