Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. He wears his red hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the north to a Adventurer, Rolen learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he very much looks the part of a Performer. His hair is short and silver. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Orsik was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Performer. He tends to his Performer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He got into the Jeweler business at a young age. Pelt abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and blonde. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Orsik was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Chay was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chay 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 Chay. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 270 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Amber (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

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 enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Krakhorn was born the youngest of three triplets. One day when Krakhorn was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Krakhorn was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length silver hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Bather first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.