Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Peridot (80 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Ur-Dag was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 gp. Onyx (30 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is typically in his Bounty Hunter uniform. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on her right side, and is pretty ugly. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oppah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired him part-time. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Ront was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ront grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ront. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 5'4" western man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has purple hair. His eyes are black and beady.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barber. He has black hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Vlorn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Vlorn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: Standing 4'8", this woman wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She has no hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Emma fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Chain shirt.