Description: This tall, slender man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamuz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Thamuz abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. She is physically well-built. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with her Adventurer mother left her crippled. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her father's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Trail 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. A true patriot, Trail would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His copper crest is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Mozikth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With wild blonde hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Actor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Baker profession.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 sp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ortegar 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 Ortegar. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 350 gp.