Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Shamash was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up work as a Servant and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His bronze crest is lengthy. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, In love, Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and her gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. She sports auburn long hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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 was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Family, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 gp. Citrine (40 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has a hunchback. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Vanchu and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (14 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His tied-back hair is white. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Paggen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Wrenn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red crest is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She takes great joy in being the best Body Guard in town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her fur is brown and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.