Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Brottor was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Brottor's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He struck the Sailor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His hair is short and brown. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is still thick. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Tethren was born with his mother's beautiful face. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tethren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 sp. Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Ermina was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'2" and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a morningstar on her belt. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her white crest in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull violet iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair is cut short. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born in the west. Ekk was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ekk decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Gardener kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.