Description: He is typically in his Body Guard uniform. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Body Guard and found it very stressful. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 2'11". He wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His red hair is still thick. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Halander was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Assassin, but he got bored and became a Spy. He tends to his Spy job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Stacee alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. With wild black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Portia was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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 feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A 3'3" eastern man, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her black fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fortune-teller. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. She has worked as a Fortune-teller like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 280 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of bastard swords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Mardnab 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 140 gp.