Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a bow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to be a healer again

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Architect. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scythe on her belt. Her red hair is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. After a long history of fighting, Neega and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 gp. Hematite (15 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her black fur down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Silent was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Brewer born in the past three hundred years. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His childhood dream was to be a Courier, but he was a colossal failure. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.