Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His hair is chestnut and very short. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 58. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 sp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shava will drive conversation. Shava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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. When Shava reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 380 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A 3'2" western woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She got into the Sage business at a young age. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Faral was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is typically in his Mercenary uniform, and carries bastard swords. His hair is red and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: He is content; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this northern woman wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is a Bricklayer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Stylist.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. After coming to the age of reason, Adam took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Adam and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

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

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. At a young age his mother died while driving off some gnolls. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in scythe use. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver crest is thinning but still full. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gilkass embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Gilkass was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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 her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.