Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cora will drive conversation. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to be a engraver again

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his white hair up. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Erdan has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erdan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brown hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Alexandre 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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Gildmak has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Gillyd was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished hand crossbow as well. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Brakka is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Brakka was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has achieved small success as a Architect.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: 4'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Veit was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Chain shirt.