Description: This slender man stands about 5'6". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Gerard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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, Gerard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his auburn hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Sapply took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up kukri and armor he uses now. He bought a kukri and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is silver and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A true patriot, Andraste would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Andraste was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Solomon is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Solomon was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Spice Merchant. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear flannel. Her gray fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Family, Military, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and her gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 240 pp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears just a tan suit. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is short and auburn. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.