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 dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a greatsword on her belt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Windy 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 Windy. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 13000 sp. Peridot (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a fancy tan dress. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing, and carries lances. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Diggory 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 came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 4 Acid flasks. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson red hat.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jade studied abroad. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dull tan sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed club, just in case. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Wrenn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beloril was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He married young, but lost his spouse to goblins. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).