Description: He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Manfred 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. Manfred decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Revenge; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp. Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: She has a missing left arm. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is an amazing painter.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Through the years after Erevan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Erevan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 gp. Peridot (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Brewer; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Brottor lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 230 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He has auburn hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Anselm was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Maiathah grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Tomi hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. At a young age his mother died while driving off some gnolls. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in pickaxe use. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tomi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 10 pp.