Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Nelkin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 220 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Birel has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: An older woman who wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a club on her belt, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 230 gp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her golden hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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 is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Bookbinder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Interpreter. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in the north to a Interpreter, Olrok learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Interpreter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull red iron scale mail. Her gray fur is thinning but still full. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Lone learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Azurite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a sage again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 130 gp.