Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 8. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Shy, Ugly. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a yellow collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Kody 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. Kody 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has wavy brown hair. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Tawar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Tawar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his chestnut hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5 Acid flasks.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She is portly but not overly obese. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Nora was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nora fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Superior lock.