Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. His dark red hair is still thick. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and glaives. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He uses divination through singing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Frederick 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 Frederick. 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a white collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Dûgz hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and usually wears his yellow robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

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

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His blonde hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Odo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2900 sp. Jet (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rolen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 900 pp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).