Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shipwright profession.

History: She was born into a rich family. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jade (80 gp).

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver crest is still thick. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a pastel armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her lavender fur is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a green tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her green crest is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her childhood dream was to be a Merchant, but she was a colossal failure. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and she is greedy

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp.