Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. He has no hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: William hails from a village terrorized by giants. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. William was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gûnd will drive conversation. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears just a black suit. He has a hunchback. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Chem and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is dark but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is red and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. A true patriot, Tethren would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Tethren was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tethren was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 11000 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Elama was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Bloodstone (80 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hirrathak does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kriv fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.