Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is short and auburn. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Joser hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Joser studied abroad. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jet (100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp).

Description: She wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries with her a set of lances on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Anastrianna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anastrianna 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears long strands of jet and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is short and auburn. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Chenna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver ewer (20 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white fur is braided into rings. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nimble is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nimble grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, marred by sweets. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Carter business at a young age. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has worked as a Carter like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Carter responsibilities is difficult; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).