Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Thradal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Chaedi is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and wears tattered old clothes. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Leshanna hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an entirely brown suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: Prosperine is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely grey suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Susannah isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. A true patriot, Susannah would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Susannah hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.