Description: Standing 2'10", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Curran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this western man is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Morthos was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bookbinder. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She wears a colorful flower in her black hair. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Seere's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'4" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Bonds: Guardian, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has moderate length blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving The war was a terrible time for her, and Katherine does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Brewer who has hired her part-time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Verin hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Verin abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Armorer.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Trail is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Trail learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has worked as a Butcher like her father before her.

Motivation: To be a Engraver again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2400 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp).

Description: Standing 5'1", this man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cairn 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 Cairn. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and 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

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 110 gp.