Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Nil is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Nil lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Nil took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 pp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Courier but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Gimble hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

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. His parents enrolled him in a Rogue school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Miller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Dyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Jade (40 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is an epitome of beauty. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born to a Miller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Masseuse. She has wavy silver hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 12000 sp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is physically well-built. His hair is black and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Quarion speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quarion grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His silver hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Cimer was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Miner. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 260 pp.