Description: This man wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nordak embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Nordak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is content

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has moderate length rusty crest. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Oskar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Military, Religious, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries with him a set of whips, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Oskar's homeland. Oskar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.