Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His first spouse was a Shipwright, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Serpent and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a red vest and prefers yellow and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

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

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Akmen will drive conversation. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 34000 sp. Onyx (20 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Ilanis was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ilanis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ilanis. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.