Description: This man is very fat, and wears bulky black painted plate armor. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. He has red eyes.

Personality: Cressel speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears a black vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has styled his black crest well, parting it to the left. His ears are large.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bidreked was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Myathethil is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Myathethil hails from a village terrorized by giants. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Myathethil was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and tridents. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gimurt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He found a children's book about a Human Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Bonds: Enemies, Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a green coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His brass crest is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sethrekar was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Bethrynna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Bethrynna abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to protect her home

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).