Description: She usually wears her black robe and has her greatsword always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is brown and very short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. A true patriot, Verin would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Engraver.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. Azurite (15 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a tan and white robe with the hood down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'0" when asserting herself. She wears her auburn hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a tan vest and prefers yellow and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with red colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Actor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Iolite (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tan coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is cut short. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Mindartis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Mindartis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This northern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His purple hair is knotted and matted. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on his right side. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the south. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and tan pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Dean hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 2 Acid flasks. 2 Holy water.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears her red hair up. She has black eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Vepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. After coming to the age of reason, Vepar took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

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

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Half-Plate.