Description: He wears black trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the west to a Herbalist, Mantus learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'2" and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her black hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Wella hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Coral (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jade (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the south to a Adventurer, Prâk learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Sard (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 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: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Mason uniform. He has purple hair. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Mordai's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 pp. Amber (50 gp). Sard (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Amber (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. His white crest is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Shedinn hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He married young, but lost his spouse to brigands. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. He wears his golden hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theren grew up listening to his father's many stories. A freak accident while working with his Marshal father left him crippled. During his travels, Theren and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Theren discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Theren fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Kody was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Kody alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 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.