Description: This malnourished man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a Servant, his father struggled to pay the bills. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull blue iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his lavender fur up. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Flask enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Flask lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 800 sp. Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants. He is physically well-built. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 260 gp.

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 blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spy and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ûkbûk was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ûkbûk decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Glassblower kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long gray fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. After a long history of fighting, Three and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This southern woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Tanner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Halimath was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 70 gp.