Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is physically well-built. He wears his chestnut hair down. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Kellen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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 family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Drifting was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 180 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears professional attire. She wears her purple hair down. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Seere was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His crest is rusty and very short. His eyes are red.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Mreksh was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: This man dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Conrad 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 Conrad. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.