Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 29000 sp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his brown fur in a flapper bob. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Cask was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She 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. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'7" and wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: Standing 2'10", this man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A freak accident while working with his Mason father left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 23000 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.