Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears just a black suit. His red hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is content

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and is pretty ugly. She has done her best to style her black crest to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a Herbalist, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her tied-back hair is silver. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Robbie hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

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. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has moderate length black crest. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. After coming to the age of reason, Heskan took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She found a children's book about a Gnome 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 40 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, white cloak. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Borun alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 30 pp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: An older man who has the majority of his body covered in plate, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1500 sp.