Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his white hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Rose (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of a Gardener, who enjoyed hunting, Yevelda was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Yevelda took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yevelda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple yellow robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Bethrynna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Bethrynna hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His orange fur is heavily combed to the left. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

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. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Great was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Great decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp).