Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His crest is black and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Rathkran was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has wavy golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: She wears baggy green pantaloons and a red scarf. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her green crest is still thick. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Nuthra is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears professional attire. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He uses divination through singing.

History: Olunt lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Olunt was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Weaver. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She wears her silver hair up. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears green trousers with grey and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Kairon was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Reynard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Reynard abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished longsword as well. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp.