Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'5" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1500 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy red pantaloons and a black scarf. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Myria and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an entirely blue suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This southern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Hadarai was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His white hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a black collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She is baby faced.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bilbron fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Jade (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Layabout who has hired her part-time. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Layabout. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she's in love

Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp).

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 is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has moderate length golden hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Pûg has worked very hard to control his curse. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Flaws: Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.