Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Chad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When Chad reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Priest mother left him crippled. During his travels, Taklinn and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Taklinn discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Taklinn fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has worked as a Layabout like her mother before her.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a colorful flower in her gray fur. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Nimble lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Tailor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Numba was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Numba decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a blue shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. 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, Soveliss is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His brass crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 2000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and white tie. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.