Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blue crest, when down, is lengthy. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 sp. Peridot (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has blue crest. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Farideh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered brigands who tried to eat her hand. She has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. He has moderate length red fur. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 cp. Pink pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: This northern man has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

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 parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. 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: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp. Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and he perpetually has his flail ready. He keeps his long green crest kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

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. He worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to 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: Jarsali lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His hair is short and black. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 sp. Zircon (50 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Anakis was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Detective and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Smokesticks. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 8 Acid flasks.