Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Alain is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alain grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: This southern man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Great was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Adventurer. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a red collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is an amazing painter.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Kyle abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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. Kyle fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2100 sp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Secretive, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Makaria was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

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 is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.