Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Cook who has hired him part-time. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, and carries sickles. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1500 sp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Sariel is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Sariel was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mortician but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gifted student she started as a Carter, but she got bored and became a Mortician. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is lengthy. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'0". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is short and white. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Thomas was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Thomas's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the west. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

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. 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 south. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries with her a set of nunchakus on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has wavy cinnamon fur. Her eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Amethyst (80 gp).