Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His hair is chestnut and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

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. When Orsik reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'0" and wears just a brown suit. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Jeweler and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Ildrex is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the south to a Sellsword, Ildrex learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Detective, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Sellsword like his mother before him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Birel wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has a crush on the local glassblower

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Pallabar 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 Pallabar. 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's attracted to the PC; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Jet (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His brown fur is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shoemaker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cartwright, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 17. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Peter never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt.