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. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: Barendd is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Barendd was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is golden and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nuraval's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She sports a flattop crest cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Roofer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished glaive as well. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries sais. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She bought a sai and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 16000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has green eyes and a yellow hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Efferil speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries flails. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Scribe, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.