Description: Standing 6'8", this man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Gifted from a young age, Iados studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries a battered rapier and tarnished nunchaku as well. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gifted from a young age, Keyleth studied abroad. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Animal Trainer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Debt, Has a crush. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp. Rose (60 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is black and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gerbo hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and doesn't want to be a interpreter and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears dull black sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. She carries a battered morningstar and tarnished crossbow as well. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Ootah speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thorpe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 gp. Carnelian (60 gp).