Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and black robe with the hood down. Her long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. Her black hair is well kept. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She became a Stylist soon after.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears dull grey sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. She carries a battered bow and tarnished longsword as well. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in the east. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". She 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, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Philomena never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 210 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available she will default to her kukri. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Galiena isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 pp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear flannel. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Xappan studied abroad. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and hand crossbows. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sculptor who has hired him part-time. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 sp. Pink pearl (100 gp).