Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Aerdeth was born with his mother's beautiful face. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aerdeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fancy blue suit. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Engraver. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: Ivellios hails from a village terrorized by brigands. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered brigands who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 39000 sp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'7". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are blue.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Jabbie was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Jabbie's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 17000 sp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. Her red hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Priest they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Unemployed, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.