Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his black robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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, Marbas has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Marbas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, black shirt, and green tie. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gifted from a young age, Qualen studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Qualen took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Soapmaker.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. His hair is black and curly. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10 pp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Olrok was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Olrok's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman usually wears her blue robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Syllin was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Lezre hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lezre fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has shaved her head bald. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Nedda was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She tends to her Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 gp.