Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His gray fur is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Butcher for hire.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her hair is silver and very short. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Sorath speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in the north to a Map Maker, Cairn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Doctor, but he got bored and became a Map Maker. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Rurik never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a great chef.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Quarethon abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp. Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Mormog enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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. Mormog fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.