Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished shortspear as well. His tied-back hair is blonde. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarethon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: This western woman tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is short and red. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kadana will drive conversation. A true patriot, Kadana would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'1" western woman, she likes to wear white tank tops with black skirt. Her hair is short and white. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Engong took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Engong never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Coral (130 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jet (130 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Five hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Five alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 pp. Moonstone (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and very much looks the part of a Map Maker. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Barber, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 pp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Jade (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a yellow collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Trey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Jade (150 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). White opal (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.