Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Ombul was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears an entirely red suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her brown hair is cut short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Through the years after Cora was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Cora's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'6". He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Umpen was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Umpen's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10 pp. Malachite (4 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her golden hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a Tanner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has worked as a Tanner like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Whurdred has worked very hard to control her curse. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is white and curly. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amber (130 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Kava alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1100 gp.