Description: He is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Oriax was born with his father's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: He is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Greedy. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a very tight haircut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Disease, Emotional, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'3". She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks, and her gloved hand is found clutching a lance. Her hair is white and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Salanop is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Flaws: Terse, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 160 pp.