Description: This slender man stands about 6'2". He wears a black tunic with pastel highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ildrex hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Ildrex alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alvyn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears long strands of amethyst and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is auburn and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 500 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Heian was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His fur is white and very short. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: He was born in the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against goblins; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has dyed her greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Megren hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his chestnut hair up. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vlorn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vlorn. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 sp.