Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Pushkrimp lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Iolite (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her white hair is long and unkept. She is baby faced.

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

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

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and doesn't want to be a glassblower and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears a tan vest and prefers black and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a hunchback. She has wavy black hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Tiaathque was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Butcher. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a fancy black dress. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Bryseis and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a hunchback. His black hair is cut short. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She stands about 4'11" and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is short and white. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 gp. Iolite (30 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).