Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a green coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blue hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Akmen is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, marred by chocolates. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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 raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 120 gp. Jade (110 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Dain was born with his mother's beautiful face. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Farmer for hire.

Motivation: 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; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

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

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 gp. Amethyst (100 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. 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 swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Hupe's homeland. Hupe decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This tall, slender man wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Zed was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Keyleth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is long and unkept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (90 gp).