Description: He wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Baern was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). White pearl (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Body Guard but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Stylist, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His lavender fur is singed and shortened. His yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Sweet is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sweet was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail, and she perpetually has her monstrous two handed axe ready. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She very much looks the part of a Assassin. Her hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Assassin. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She became a Marshal soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jet (120 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Amnon wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Being a Jeweler 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: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is silver and very short. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Silk rope.