Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gifted student he started as a Guard, but he got bored and became a Assassin. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a guard again

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest and prefers blue and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Racist. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 9000 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Sard (50 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His white crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Shamash was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Shamash's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 11000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. She wears her bronze crest up. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Sora has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. White opal (500 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

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 accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Jet (50 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her white fur is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.