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. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with his Slave Trader father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ortegar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and green robe with the hood down. She is physically well-built. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has gray eyes and a violet hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1900 gp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is short and blonde. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Eva was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.