Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. His fur is red and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 6'9" and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Balam was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Balam's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Habor enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Habor lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Family, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Faran 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 Faran. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her small blue hat.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tan tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Shava was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple white robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 270 gp.