Description: He wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To protect his home; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has shaved his head bald. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Ogthrak hails from a village terrorized by giants. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Gomory was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Sailor. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 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 violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Thorin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has no fur. His copper eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Pelt embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He worked as a nervous Baker and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Baker like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This man tends to wear a large blue jacket, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Glassblower, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the south to a Fortune-teller, Theren learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Amber (120 gp).