Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears violet trousers with red and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired her part-time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Driindar was born with her father's beautiful face. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Locksmith. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3 Holy water.

Description: This malnourished man wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 320 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Balam was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Balam decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he likes to wear violet tank tops with tan pants. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Valanthe was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To protect her home; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Server work with an outfit from a few towns over. Server work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 sp. Rock crystal (50 gp).