Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is short and blonde. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for him, and Raymond does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When Raymond reached his early adolescence his Human mother 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. She carries with her a set of bows on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'10" and tends to wear a large yellow jacket. His black hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Kody is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently the stress of being a Mayor has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a yellow coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. 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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Gaaki was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her tied-back hair is red. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Audhild hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Audhild is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Audhild was born the youngest of three triplets. Audhild liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Audhild and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He tends to wear a large red jacket, marred by teas. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Calcitro 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Calcitro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Ubada was born the youngest of three triplets. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carpenter business.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.