Description: An older man who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He comes from a rich western family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman wears bulky black painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Emerald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Emerald was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Emerald's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She is an epitome of beauty. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Avice was born with her father's beautiful face. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear flannel. He wears his chestnut hair up. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ahvain hails from a village terrorized by illithids. After coming to the age of reason, Ahvain took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. After a long history of fighting, Ahvain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

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. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp. Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he usually wears his white robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the east to a Merchant, Borun learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Borun 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 struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp.