Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Paymon was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dyer. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a white and yellow robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp. Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Ghaliver 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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Layabout profession.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A freak accident while working with his Layabout father left him crippled. He bought a lance and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ranala isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and carries sais. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Jet (140 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has no crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Sellsword. She has achieved small success as a Sellsword.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 cp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).