Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Bertram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her black hair is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Spy first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 gp. Coral (110 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Gerard was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 sp. Red garnet (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. He wears his auburn hair down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his green robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder. He wears his dark red hair up. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp).