Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Banker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. 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: To reunite with his old friends; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is singed and shortened. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Hoshgrish is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Hoshgrish liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hoshgrish fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Veloptima was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.