Description: A middle-aged man, he wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Map Maker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Altho lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1900 sp. Hematite (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple green robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her golden hair is cut short. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His blue crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a hunchback. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Valanthe was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a yellow feather.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his black hair up. His black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears an entirely grey suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Nurkara is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a yellow tunic with grey highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).