Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is short and red. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bundrigo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears dark leathers with embroidery. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Gurdis and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is short and chestnut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. Recently the stress of being a Crown-heir has made it difficult for her to sleep.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Robbie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Robbie 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: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his brown hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. He has a very tight haircut. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Frouse lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.