Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His purple hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple yellow robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ralf 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 Ralf. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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 he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Alberich enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Alberich has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Gifted from a young age, Laucian studied abroad. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Laucian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has silver hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born in the east. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a brown scarf. She wears her brown fur up. She has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Seven lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp. Amber (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sailor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sailor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 cp. Red garnet (90 gp).