Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Shivering was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Shivering 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1800 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He usually wears his black robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: She wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Junk Dealer. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jet (60 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Coral (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. Her fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. The war was a terrible time for her, and Spear does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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. Spear 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 pp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Thradal was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Baker responsibilities is difficult; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Buckler.