Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Vondal is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is a Baker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born in the east. After coming to the age of reason, Tagga took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Baker responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Eva studied abroad. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She 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 she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Jet (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 3'1", this man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has blonde hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Joser lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Jade (40 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She comes from a rich western family. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 gp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Locksmith born in the past three hundred years. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Rimple was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Locksmith. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, white shirt, and yellow tie. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is a great chef.

History: Luthra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Fortune-teller and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.