Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His crest is bronze and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Shamash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Miller mother left him crippled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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 feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Citrine (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Sard (30 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 gp. Coral (50 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Jade (50 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.