Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tharivol was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 70 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her scarlet crest is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This dark-skinned male dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Darrak liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and carries longbows. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tattered old clothes. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 30 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). 3 Holy water.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are green and beady.

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 all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white vest and prefers blue and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.