Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has wavy beige fur. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a red costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Helen will drive conversation. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bricklayer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and black tie. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Syllin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Syllin was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp. White pearl (70 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Apothecary. Karg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Karg studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Gerald hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has moderate length black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shifting studied abroad. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 130 gp.