Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His auburn hair is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Barkeep kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a yellow tunic with tan highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Lia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When Lia reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and greataxes. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born to a Sage, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barber. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Shaena never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and carries swords. His hair is short and blonde. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south to a Weaver, Fabien learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Marbas hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. With wild red hair. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing her hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Interpreter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp.