Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. A true patriot, Rurik would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is yellow, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. 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 loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born in the north. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp).

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her head has been shaved. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 sp. Emerald (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down, and carries pickaxes. His hair is short and silver. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Euron fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Rose (80 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue diamond (3000 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is short and brown. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Born in the east to a Barrister, Alexandre learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Alexandre has worked very hard to control his curse. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and green tie. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Dagnal is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Dagnal was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Slave Trader. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Through the years after Katherine was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Katherine's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 gp.