Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses like a well dressed Gardener does. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. The war was a terrible time for him, and Joser does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father 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 Gardener work with an outfit from a few towns over. Gardener 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 Gardener for hire.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a brown vest and prefers grey and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Doctor. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her gray fur is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Tricking was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Weaver, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 360 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Keyleth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cartwright. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has black hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Barakas would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Foxilon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 sp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is short and chestnut. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Doctor father left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Cynical, Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 19000 cp. Eye agate (15 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp).