Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Tawar was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40000 cp. Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stylist. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Gerbo's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Gerbo was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Gerbo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eiravel grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Star ruby (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy red hair. She has gray eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Nora reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His silver eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 270 gp.