Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has no crest. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Vrondiss was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Oppleby was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Oppleby decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has no hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pearl grew up listening to her mother's many stories. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Pearl alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'0" and wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his tan robe and has his hammer always slung over his shoulder. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and tan robe with the hood down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Hlin lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Knight, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her yellow eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 330 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.