Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries sais. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries a battered club and tarnished mace as well. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Antinua reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her black fur is braided into rings. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with her god.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and many drow want her driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This dark-skinned female typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sage. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emeny grew up listening to her mother's many stories. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She has worked as a Sage like her mother before her.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern woman likes to wear black tank tops with green skirt. Her hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She got into the Stableman business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished longsword as well. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a Doctor, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This dark-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shautha isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

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 spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man is wearing a long, tan cloak. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quarion 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 also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has achieved small success as a Detective.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 270 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp).