Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Anne lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Barrister, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His fur is short and brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Crown-heir first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. During his travels, Nelkin and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nelkin discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nelkin fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His fur is cut close to his head. His fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who wears bulky green painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. He has silver hair. His silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in an above average manner. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Katherine fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his rusty crest up. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp).