Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mortician. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a fancy tan suit. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Frouse never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Râsh hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Râsh was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 sp. Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a falchion on his belt. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Veit hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 gp. Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She 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. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Dell is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Dilettante, who enjoyed hunting, Bharash was taken on many hunting expeditions. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp).