Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1400 sp. Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a yellow vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the south. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Emmeline was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His crest is short and green. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Arjhan's homeland. Arjhan decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. 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: Shamil was born with her father's beautiful face. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Shamil's homeland. Shamil decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Shamil was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, 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. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Egelina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cagak was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cagak decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.