Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His head has been shaved. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Dorn never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Nature, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Rimple was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 310 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 sp. Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'1" and prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy blonde hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp. Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his white fur. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Gifted from a young age, Great studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who wears dark leathers with embroidery, he is not a threatening figure. His bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

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. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 70 gp. Jasper (40 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and carries axes. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Bella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp.