Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 south. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He carries a battered greatsword and tarnished quarterstaff as well. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Baern never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tattered old clothes. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barber business.

History: He was born in the east. Nim was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barber. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Andraste was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She became a Seamstress soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a herbalist again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp.

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 red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Kasdeya has worked very hard to control her curse. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1800 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: He wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Adelard was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adelard decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and 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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 380 gp.