Description: This tall, slender man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. Akmen abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has achieved small success as a Herbalist.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 120 gp. Zircon (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down and is in decent physical shape. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Donaar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit men.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varg grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 290 gp. Jet (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 6'5". She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and her gloved hand is found clutching a flail. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length cinnamon fur. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Quick was born the youngest of three triplets. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting orcs, the young Quick began to lead the lost caravan. She has achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'4" and wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sellsword. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She married young, but lost her spouse to gnolls. She struck the Sellsword job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40000 sp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'6" when asserting herself. Her bronze crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 15000 sp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).