Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. 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. A true patriot, Altho would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Merchant, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Gardener, Valida learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his brown hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Koeth hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Ivellios was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gimble was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gimble grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gimble. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 370 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Urshar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.