Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, yellow cloak, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'6" and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Baz would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He married young, but lost his spouse to giants. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has wavy blonde hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Fivin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Fivin was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Slave, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tattered old clothes. She wears her silver hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and red tie. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and doesn't want to be a fisher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Nature, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Amber (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: Standing 5'6", this man wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Everard took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor he uses now. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.