Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Senteq isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 prove his worth to the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 12000 sp. Jasper (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His bronze crest is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Amber (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His hair is brown and very short. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Banker born in the past three hundred years. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family, In love. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and quarterstaffs. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Brug 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 Brug. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Iolite (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Trym grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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 monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Addict, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Sard (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Naill was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Naill was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Naill's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He struck the Sellsword job and began his own company from there.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is cut short. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Waywocket alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.