Description: An older man who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 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 carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished kukri as well. His hair is black and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and is pretty ugly. She sports red long hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the west to a Weaver, Nogu learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Nogu alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: An older man who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

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. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Gomory has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Cory was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available she will default to her sickle. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her golden hair is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Anbera learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Anbera alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length lavender fur. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She got into the Laborer business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (140 gp).