Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair is thinning but still full. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Astar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job, Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 80 pp. Hematite (9 gp). Amber (150 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she usually wears her black robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 daughter.

History: Vola was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She worked as a nervous Shoemaker and found it very stressful. She tends to her Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Creega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Creega was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Creega abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy golden hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She takes great joy in being the best Performer in town.

History: Andraste was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Recently the stress of being a Performer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Emotional, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is short and white. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She found a children's book about a Halfling Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is auburn and curly. He has blue eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A true patriot, Zaffrab would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Zaffrab was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Zaffrab and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 42000 sp.