Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nalral embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He uses divination through singing.

History: Nalral was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan vest and prefers black and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is well kept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1800 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A 5'0" western man, he wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. 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 is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (6 gp).

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is brown and curly. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Guard kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 2'11" when asserting himself. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His blue hair, when down, is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Akmen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Red spinel (140 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his dark red hair in a flapper bob. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nicor 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 he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Jade (140 gp).