Description: This dark-skinned female wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gifted student she started as a Jeweler, but she got bored and became a Baker. She has worked as a Baker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Baker responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Blorg abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a black scarf. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

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. Quarion 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 Quarion. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Bryseis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting dire rats, the young Bryseis began to lead the lost caravan. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available she will default to her falchion. Her crest is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is chestnut and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sammal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).