Description: This tall, slender man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Scribe but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac, PTSD. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a large brown jacket. His silver hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is a Assassin first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Assassin for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 12000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Map Maker. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered red stockings, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Azaki was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Jet (160 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is long and unkept. She is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear black tank tops with brown skirt. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Verin hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Coral (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 pp. Peridot (80 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Fire opal (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. 1 Minor magic item.