Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. 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 is extraordinarily eccentric. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Spy, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Seamstress work with an outfit from a few towns over. Seamstress work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 47000 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jasper (60 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, and carries halberds. His red hair is singed and shortened. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Seebo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Seebo was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

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. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Raymond alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Diggory was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 110000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, black cloak. He wears his blue hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the north to a Shoemaker, Tethren learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp).