Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear white tank tops with grey pants. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Howard was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Blacksmith. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He got into the Sculptor business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He has black hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Naeris was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Naeris decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 cp. Black pearl (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Akta was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with her Herbalist mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. She carries a battered bow and tarnished greatsword as well. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Shax has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His black crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nadarr has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Halander was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Halander's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Halander never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, In love, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Richard 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... He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a Spy, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a long, green cloak. Her red crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Kava has worked very hard to control her curse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (12 gp).