Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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. When Oskar reached his early adolescence his Dwarf 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her childhood dream was to be a Laborer, but she was a colossal failure. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

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 she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 16000 sp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Amber (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He has wavy red hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'3" when asserting herself. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Tordrid speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Fletcher. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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: Rurik was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spy for hire.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His crest is black and curly. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Addict, Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tattered old clothes. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates Humans with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 7000 sp.