Description: This tall, slender man has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His fur is gray, silky, and of moderate length. His fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Sun was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Glûk was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Glûk's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A 4'9" eastern man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His head has been shaved. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Peren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He struck the Map Maker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (11 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear flannel. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich western family. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His gray fur is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

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 Miner. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Helgret was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Painter like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Halander was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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. Halander fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp).