Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. After a long history of fighting, Ahvain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Being a Herbalist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Detective. He is obsessed with his god.

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. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Masseuse. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Rose grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Rose. Being a Stableman kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear flannel. He has orange fur. 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 never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cask fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Star ruby (400 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a brown collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her fur is red and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Chalcedony (60 gp).