Description: He prefers to wear flannel, and carries hand crossbows. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has red eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valafar grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and black tie. She wears her red hair down. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears brown trousers with violet and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a great chef.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Adam has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scythe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 cp. Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. He has no fur. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Shifting never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: An older man who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Hubert 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Coral (80 gp).

Description: She wears a grey vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spy born in the past three hundred years. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has wavy chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Juliana reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Disguise kit.