Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Hubert lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She very much looks the part of a Painter. She wears her black hair down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Painter, Osah learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Osah was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Osah decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Standing 4'10", this woman wears a green vest and prefers brown and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has no hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Barrister.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a seamstress again

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 3'11", this man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Erias speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her morningstar. She has a very tight haircut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and money/treasure

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

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 350 gp. Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Virra hails from a village terrorized by giants. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears just a grey suit, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Avelina embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mason.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Carnelian (60 gp).