Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are hazel and beady.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'11" when asserting herself. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Bolhild learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Azaki liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a violet vest and prefers green and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Tim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Knight. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Egelina was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Knight. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white crest is thinning but still full. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 300 pp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She carries with her a set of swords on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Blacksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Barbena has worked very hard to control her curse. She became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Jet (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.