Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Abad 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He has violet eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cook. He struck the Cook job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her blue crest is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 sp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple blue robe with grey stripes complete with hood and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is cut short. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Warrior school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Courier. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She takes great joy in being the best Cook in town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.