Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears bulky red painted plate armor. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Soapmaker business.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Theriatis wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... The war was a terrible time for him, and Theriatis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Theriatis hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When Theriatis reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears a green tunic with red highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'0" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She bought a sickle and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. His fur is short and cinnamon. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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 family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a trident on his belt and is in decent physical shape. His crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Azzakh was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a large green jacket. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears long strands of amber and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 80 pp.