Description: An older man who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His green crest is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Architect they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Guard, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sutha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was a Bather, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She tends to her Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white fur is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Shivering lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Shivering was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shivering decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown fur is knotted and matted. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired him part-time. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Akta was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Onyx (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her hair is short and auburn. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Lia was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mercenary. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Standing 6'8", this man wears a fancy black suit. His silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Medrash was born the youngest of three triplets. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp.