Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 16th 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. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Alice was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished scimitar as well. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 370 gp. Silver ewer (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care and is in decent physical shape. Her head has been shaved. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His crest is short and rusty. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He got into the Bowyer business at a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Emeny alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Emeny never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 240 gp. Coral (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'3". She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a longsword on her belt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp.