Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with blue pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has wavy auburn hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Alston lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an entirely grey suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His first spouse was a Doctor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears black trousers with green and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 sp. Rose (60 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a fancy white suit. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Traulam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. After a long history of fighting, Randal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Dayereth took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shipwright and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her green crest is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Soapmaker born in the past three hundred years. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp.