Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Syllin was born the youngest of three triplets. Syllin was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Glassblower. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Layabout first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student she started as a Marshal, but she got bored and became a Layabout. She has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is an epitome of beauty. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Thea was taken on many hunting expeditions. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: His religion dominates his actions; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brass crest. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a hunchback. Her brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Jeweler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. 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 Jeweler. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a grey costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His hair is white and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Kildrak liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Pígug lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Pígug liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Pígug and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

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

Description: This man wears baggy white pantaloons and a blue scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Star rose quartz (30 gp).