Description: He is typically in his Mercenary uniform. He is physically well-built. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Malachite (10 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Jaxi was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and usually wears her blue robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'7" and wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown 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 always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his black hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. To his fellows he 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: He was born in the south. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 40 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished kukri as well. He has wavy rusty crest. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Zedaar hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gimble 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 Gimble. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; 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

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 18th 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp.