Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Qualen was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears just a white suit. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Oblar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, she is not a threatening figure. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Malquis was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Helen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A 3'0" southern man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His tied-back hair is brown. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Amber (90 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his gold crest. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a simple violet robe with black stripes complete with hood. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ivellios grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp).