Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Cressel enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cressel grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her blonde hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Carter. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Therlin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears grey trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries with her a set of daggers on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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, Morana is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Robert was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. After a long history of fighting, Robert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.