Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

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, Paymon has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His rusty crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has red eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He wears yellow trousers with black and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the south. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Whurdred was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this eastern man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His golden hair is lengthy. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, black cloak. Her hair is auburn and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Chaedi was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She stands about 3'5" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 2. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Mardnab has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp.