Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He struck the Adventurer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 40 gp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'5" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Eloise was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eloise's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older man who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his white hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Osco was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a green top hat and green clothes. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Pyra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tan shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Boddynock embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. 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: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp. Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Ootah was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Cartwright. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ootah 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 wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp.