Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Shane was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shane decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shield. He sports a flattop hair cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Howard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a large black jacket. His long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; 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: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 gp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Pyra's homeland. Pyra decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. After a long history of fighting, Pyra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a red coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tawna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 pp. Fire opal (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shane studied abroad. He 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.