Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He refers to his adoptive father 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: John lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Being a Laborer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tan vest and prefers green and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is white. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Carrie hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Revenge; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Az-Rans was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Az-Rans was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Az-Rans never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, In love, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Alexandrite (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dull green sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. She has wavy rusty crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Mishann hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her white crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Glassblower arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 8000 sp. Star ruby (1200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his black hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Oblar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Oblar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Oblar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. 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: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Voice breaks

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

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is typically in her Carpenter uniform. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

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 Carpenter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Black opal (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jade (50 gp).