Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Mortician. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Duergath grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He struck the Mortician job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His head has been shaved. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2200 sp. Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Marshal. She struck the Marshal job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a black collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60000 cp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 2'10" and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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 took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 25000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. Her white hair is wavy and long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Frug is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barrister and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1500 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).