Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nordak never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has gray eyes and a yellow hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her first spouse was a Sailor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears professional attire and is in decent physical shape. His fur is beige and curly. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Tricking abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a dagger on his belt. He wears his blue hair up. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Damakos alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

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

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by chocolates. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and white tie. He is physically well-built. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barber who has hired him part-time. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Alex was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp.