Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bharash was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is short and rusty. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished pickaxe as well. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Azza hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: She comes from a rich southern family. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family, Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length white crest. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kriv does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Kriv hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Kriv was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.