Description: This woman usually wears her blue robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Vlorn's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a yellow Stetson hat and yellow clothes. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dustin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his golden hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, brown shirt, and red tie. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Dara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Architect, but she got bored and became a Performer. She has achieved small success as a Performer.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Korfel was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and swords. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; 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: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his broad grey hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Avice managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Banded agate (5 gp).