Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Secretive, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'1" and muscular, this western woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Alexandrite (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her black crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Akra was born with her mother's beautiful face. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Akra has worked very hard to control her curse. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a falchion on her belt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her chestnut hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the west to a Bather, Maegan learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carter. His hair is chestnut and very short. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Carter born in the past three hundred years. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is still thick. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich western family. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Tree alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red hair is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2200 sp.