Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A gifted student he started as a Dyer, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He has achieved small success as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Mason job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 110 gp. Jet (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has slicked back golden hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Alice was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Adventurer. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Arnold 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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Leaf and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has wavy auburn hair. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is cut short. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Himo hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.