Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Butcher, but he was a colossal failure. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She uses divination through singing.

History: Bune was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Bune alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He has wavy golden hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Hadarai lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadarai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on her right side, and is pretty ugly. She has green crest. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small green hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has achieved small success as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is brown and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an entirely black suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Paymon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Paymon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Paymon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and is pretty ugly. His green crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Pijjirik was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 sp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: A 4'11" western man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His golden hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane, Emotional, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.