Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Medrash was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Medrash was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cook. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has slicked back silver hair. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Meriele 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 Meriele. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Ghesh is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 260 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Jet (110 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Sindri 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.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her red hair is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Keyleth was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 15000 cp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His blue hair is braided into rings. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.