Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Elaim was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 190 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and maces. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Elysande does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Elysande was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Bricklayer, but she got bored and became a Butcher. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Butcher for hire.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and balancing her hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Xanaphia learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Cook, but she got bored and became a Courier. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Xanaphia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Enemies, Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Fivin abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 sp.