Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. 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. Nedda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Nedda 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 was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His black crest is lengthy. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Azzakh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Ulla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. After a long history of fighting, Burgell and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull green iron scale mail. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a Bricklayer soon after.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to be a assassin again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a violet coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished mace as well. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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. Diggory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 140 gp.