Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

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: Marbas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was a Banker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 4'9" eastern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. Her blonde hair is still thick. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a Servant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears his red hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Thorin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Carter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. During her travels, Vaina and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Vaina discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Vaina fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is well kept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Laborer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10000 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a fancy blue dress. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Ella was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dyer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her golden hair is lengthy. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man wears a black costume with the symbols of death on his torso, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A true patriot, Valorean would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Igden was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 42000 sp. Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.