Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. After a long history of fighting, Whurbin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 26000 sp. Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. He has no hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Boddynock was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Boddynock decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

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

Description: This man typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His crest is rusty and very short. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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. Patrin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 210 pp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her childhood dream was to be a Fortune-teller, but she was a colossal failure. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Azurite (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her beige fur in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Blacksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Cask was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp.