Description: He wears baggy red pantaloons and a black scarf, and he perpetually has his bastard sword ready. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Tomi was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. 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. Tomi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 8000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Ekemon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ekemon decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Drusilia was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries a battered sword and tarnished axe as well. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 sp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her red hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eleanor grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eleanor. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His crest is short and rusty. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a black vest and prefers green and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears dull violet sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Melissa will drive conversation. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, her father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Melissa was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Melissa's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.