Description: 5'7" and muscular, this southern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Aramil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 12000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eberk hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Eberk has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 170 pp. Amethyst (110 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Citrine (30 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Unemployed, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her white hair is braided into rings. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the north to a Cook, Cecily learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Cecily liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp).