Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fancy blue suit. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arannis will drive conversation. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Arannis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her black crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Lia abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Therai and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern man typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He found a children's book about a Human Sorcerer 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Citrine (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'3". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Cloud was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Nature, In love, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. He carries a battered shield and tarnished lance as well. His hair is short and golden. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was taken from his home at a very young age. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears baggy red pantaloons and a blue scarf. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Herbalist again; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp.