Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has black eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. After a long history of fighting, Barakas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Adventurer. She has wavy golden hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nissa isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Nissa has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears just a violet suit. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Solomon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Solomon has worked very hard to control his curse. He has achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a tan tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has shaved her head bald. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Birel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and doesn't want to be a weaver and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'7" and wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Elysande hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is typically in her Marshal uniform, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. She tends to her Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and carries maces. He has moderate length silver crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Carter responsibilities is difficult; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Whurdred's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.