Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Apothecary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This western man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has wavy brown hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. She has wavy auburn hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Carter profession.

History: He was born in the east. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her tied-back hair is red. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the east to a Seamstress, Nissa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her first spouse was a Tailor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is still thick. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sculptor for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; 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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He hates Tieflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gunnloda studied abroad. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Gunnloda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.