Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. 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 a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Balam 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 Balam. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Iolite (40 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Rieta lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Cook, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 3 Holy water. 4 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His dark red hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Creega was born the youngest of three triplets. She worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Gardener, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sculptor and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Standing 6'0", this woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her auburn hair is still thick. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Baggi hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears bulky green painted plate armor. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Morthos grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1200 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, marred by teas. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 21. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents enrolled her in a Rogue school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses like a well dressed Slave Trader does. Her crest is blue, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Farideh was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 10000 sp. White opal (600 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.