Description: He wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Rathkran was born with his mother's beautiful face. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he's in love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Slave Trader mother left her crippled. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Guard mother left him crippled. 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: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Family, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears brown trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fletcher profession.

History: Trym hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and shortspears. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and blonde. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Alvyn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bricklayer. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to be a gardener again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears a grey collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Through the years after Taklinn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Taklinn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 sp.