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. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has violet eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a Sellsword, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tervaround fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: The child of a Miner, who enjoyed hunting, Balimaar was taken on many hunting expeditions. Balimaar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 sp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver crest is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Azzakh hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Detective. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with brown slacks. His golden hair is long and unkept. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a spear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A 6'2" western man, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He keeps his scarlet crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Hirrathak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Barber father left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy, Disease. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the south. After coming to the age of reason, Marigold took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. After a long history of fighting, Marigold and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He carries with him a set of spears, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.