Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and black tie. His crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 100. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Anakis was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears just a black suit. His crest is rusty and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Medrash was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with his Dilettante mother left him crippled. Being a Painter 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: 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, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is portly but not overly obese. His red fur is matted, messy, and big. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elegant 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 Elegant. Being a Fisher 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: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 340 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Alice was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Human 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 became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Simple lock.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His hair is black and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Arannis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Map Maker. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Map Maker; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 4 Thunderstones. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

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

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is content; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 gp.