Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Barakas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Unemployed hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jade (70 gp). Rose (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: An older man who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Soapmaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Scribe, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1700 pp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). White opal (700 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Jet (110 gp). White opal (700 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a violet Stetson hat and violet clothes. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Everard studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has achieved small success as a Barber.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her small tan hat.

Personality: Cumpen is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Painter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cumpen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rose (50 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Jet (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Banker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Tagga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 12000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Jade (160 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.