Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Farideh fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Layabout does. Her hair is blonde and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Pearl is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Layabout. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears just a black suit. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, marred by beers. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Thea abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp. Rose (30 gp).