Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears green trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a hunchback. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nija isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. 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 a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eiravel grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has worked as a Soapmaker like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Nagrette lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Nagrette never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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.

Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished sai as well. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Boddynock wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She stands about 3'10" and wears a grey vest and prefers brown and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Ilde is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerbo grew up listening to his father's many stories. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'0". He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and tan tie, and his gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in the west. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 30 gp. Moss agate (8 gp).