Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Cumpen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cumpen was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cumpen decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1400 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Himo was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

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. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

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 to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

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. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Bune hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'6" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.