Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bruz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Jade (90 gp). Malachite (12 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jade (90 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a fancy green suit. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available she will default to her sickle. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a large blue jacket. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Arara was born the youngest of three triplets. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Mortician, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. After coming to the age of reason, Serpent took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Kasdeya liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Kasdeya never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Interpreter born in the past three hundred years. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. Blue quartz (16 gp).