Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 pp. Banded agate (9 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His hair is black and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Banker, his father struggled to pay the bills. His childhood dream was to be a Banker, but he was a colossal failure. He became a Assassin soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Rose (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Raymond is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Raymond lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black crest is long and unkept. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

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 obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Through the years after Heskan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Heskan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Cook and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1900 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her crest is green and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1800 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is white and curly. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bounty Hunter born in the past three hundred years. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Paelias was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Peridot (70 gp).