Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. 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: A deep hatred of illithids.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Ar-Karo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Soapmaker and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 120 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'0" and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Gardener business.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Tippletoe liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This eastern woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished longsword as well. She has dyed her greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Burana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull red iron scale mail. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Naal was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is renowned for her bright pastel dresses and hats. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and nunchakus. Her yellow fur is still thick. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He has wavy brass crest. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 250 gp. Citrine (30 gp).