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 his brown hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aust 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 always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'9". He wears a simple pastel robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His red fur is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, 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. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'9". She wears a grey shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and her gloved hand is found clutching a quarterstaff. She has shaved her head bald. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Ahlyssa took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Ahlyssa was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a yellow tunic with blue highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 gp. Jasper (80 gp).

Description: A 6'9" southern man, he wears just a black suit. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 220 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries kukris. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Through the years after Damakos was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Damakos's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 Gnome in existence. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Crampernap was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. After coming to the age of reason, Crampernap took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'4" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top black hat.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Nella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her black crest is heavily combed to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Smokesticks. 4 Smokesticks. 4 Alchemist’s fire.