Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Tordek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Seamstress, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. He wears his blue hair up. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Abad was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Ûshgol was born the youngest of three triplets. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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: Gûnd was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Standing 3'4", this man very much looks the part of a Barkeep. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Boddynock hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Boddynock alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barkeep for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Damaia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His dark red hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His fur is short and brown. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.