Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. Her black hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of a Layabout, who enjoyed hunting, Quillathe was taken on many hunting expeditions. Quillathe abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Katherine is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the west. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is short and blue. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: She has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 5'10" eastern woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Banker. With bright black hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Lagazi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 160 gp. Jade (100 gp).