Description: This tall, slender man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has black hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sculptor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a red collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, marred by beers. She has moderate length silver hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Seraphina was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner. She has silver crest. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Animal Trainer soon after.

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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 190 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears black trousers with tan and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Assassin. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Assassin. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nutae grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Nutae and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He has a hunchback. He has wavy silver hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 57. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and hammers. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She has a very tight haircut. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Matilda studied abroad. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Violet garnet (200 gp).