Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His blue hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Valafar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries whips. His white hair is still thick. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Taklinn was born with his mother's beautiful face. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Interpreter for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 23000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is short and silver. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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 mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tattered old clothes. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Shava was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shava's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Bernard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars. Her head has been shaved. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To be a Navigator again.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a Layabout, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To protect his home; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.