Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gnarsh studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Gnarsh took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Gnarsh was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Pink pearl (140 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and violet pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 13. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Elysande studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Elysande took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 cp. Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Rolf wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rolf studied abroad. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Rolf was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Unemployed; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She has wavy white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and maces. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Erky enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Seamstress, who enjoyed hunting, Erky was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears professional attire. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: The child of a Jeweler, who enjoyed hunting, Pirithin was taken on many hunting expeditions. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 30 pp.