Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his black eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Pelaios lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 160 pp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Wella's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Wella took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Wella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a grey tunic with blue highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has silver hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She tends to her Jeweler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Keyleth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Keyleth. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries monstrous two handed axes. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Symma was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has wavy black hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp. Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.