Description: Standing 5'2", this man is wearing a long, blue cloak. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Heian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Thoradin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thoradin studied abroad. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Aquamarine (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has rusty crest. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a hunchback. His red hair is singed and shortened. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a great chef.

History: The child of a Architect, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 48000 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Emeny isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'9". She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and her gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. She has done her best to style her blue hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50000 cp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Roge abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.