Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He wears his rusty crest down. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The war was a terrible time for him, and Kerkad does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gargax was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. His yellow fur is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her cinnamon fur up. Her yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Emerald is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. 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 deep hatred of drow; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Performer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Burto liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Performer, but he got bored and became a Cook. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Banded mail.