Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of crossbows on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Manfred reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt, marred by teas. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mason. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Fire opal (1500 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear flannel. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Tagga was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: He wears a green coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Sybil wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: Hadwisa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A freak accident while working with her Shepherd mother left her crippled. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. With bright red hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oda grew up listening to her father's many stories. Through the years after Oda was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Oda's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 12000 sp. White pearl (160 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).