Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears just a violet suit. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Ploughman, but he was a colossal failure. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He keeps his yellow fur in a flapper bob. His yellow eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ethereal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ethereal. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. She wears her purple hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Bounty Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bounty Hunter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is content

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Soveliss 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. After a long history of fighting, Soveliss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Solomon 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... 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: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Solomon was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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 mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this southern man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He has moderate length auburn hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Uraim isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Mortician and found it very stressful. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. White pearl (110 gp).