Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Veit is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Veit took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates illithids. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her bronze crest is singed and shortened. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Servant. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Antrara grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has achieved small success as a Servant.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Tree does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Akoth is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes are white.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy black hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Hadwisa hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 pp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: Standing 2'11", this woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sarai grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sculptor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sculptor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp.