Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7 Acid flasks. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a blue broad hat and blue clothes. She sports brown long hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear flannel. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Baz studied abroad. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This western man wears a simple green robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 190 pp.