Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Karash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is long and white with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His red eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamuz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he dresses like a well dressed Assassin does. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Cloak was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He became a Assassin soon after.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1800 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 9000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Coral (50 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Jet (50 gp). Iolite (60 gp). White pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Richard 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. 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. Richard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman wears long strands of ruby and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Dara was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dara's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.