Description: This northern man dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

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. 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 born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Armorer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'6". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. Her white fur is still thick. She is baby faced.

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. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Shax lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. After a long history of fighting, Shax and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Heian was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has no crest. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Valorean lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valorean fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear black tank tops with green pants. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shepherd. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Ur-Lasu was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her blue crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mishann 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, In love, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears professional attire. His purple hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mormo studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.