Description: This man tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 Merchant. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ar-Pratu lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He bought a flail and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: This woman wears a green tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Bryseis lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Bryseis took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up longbow and armor she uses now. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Jebeddo was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Jebeddo's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Iolite (80 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Arara is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. The war was a terrible time for her, and Arara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the north to a Stylist, Arara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Altho isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His martial 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 was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are amber 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. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp. Rose (70 gp).