Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a violet collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white hair is cut short. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 cp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 50 gp. Hematite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears professional attire. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cook work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cook work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a fancy brown suit. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is cut short. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ulfgar embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ulfgar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Ulfgar's homeland. Ulfgar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and flails. His black hair is singed and shortened. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Ghûra was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ghûra's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Elysande hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gifted student she started as a Cartwright, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 cp. Silver ewer (10 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Helgret fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.