Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has wavy red hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: 6'9" and muscular, this northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has moderate length white hair. His skin is flawless and his black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fancy brown suit. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student he started as a Bookbinder, but he got bored and became a Performer. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her golden hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Chaedi never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is well kept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born into a rich family. She worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mercenary for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 cp.