Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Donaar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker white hat.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender man usually wears his blue robe and has his greataxe always slung over his shoulder. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, yellow shirt, and violet tie, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. He wears his silver hair down. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his gold crest well, parting it to the left. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nykkan's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 170 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a brown vest and prefers green and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

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. Darrak 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Anselm was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is brown and curly. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is an amazing painter.

History: Berrian hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rose (80 gp).