Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has wavy chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, 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 blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. 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: Gimgen was born with his father's beautiful face. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Laborer. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the east. He found a children's book about a Elf Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His hair is short and brown. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and many gnolls want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

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 always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Giselle was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Server, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Emerald (800 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Amber (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a hunchback. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp.