Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her white hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Bree was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. His silver hair is braided into rings. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Manfred speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and carries daggers. He has brown hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white vest and prefers blue and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dull pastel sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Laborer, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to be a laborer again

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. Her silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. A true patriot, Damien would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. After a long history of fighting, Damien and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Riardon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Riardon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp.