Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black crest has been sun bleached extensively. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Spice Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears tattered old clothes. She has a hunchback. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his blonde hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vicky fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Silvo hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 3'4" western man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. 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 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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 3'5" and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports silver long hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).