Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white crest is still thick. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A 6'7" northern man, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Apothecary born in the past three hundred years. Rathkran is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 sp. Peridot (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He stands about 3'8" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Igden was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Priest, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, marred by chocolates. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a warhammer on his belt. His crest is silver and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. 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. Zedaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp. Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is white and very short. He is baby faced.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and doesn't want to be a fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: A 2'10" northern man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A freak accident while working with his Cook mother left him crippled. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 5'8" southern man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and white with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 sp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).