Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, 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. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His white eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in a small desert village. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Tree alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. 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 Laborer. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white fur is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He uses divination through singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Left-Handed was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This southern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 120 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She wears her blonde hair down. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Arha does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When Arha reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She wears tattered old clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bow. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Taklinn embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Taklinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Taklinn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 290 gp.