Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gifted student he started as a Bowyer, but he got bored and became a Tanner. He tends to his Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Bowyer again.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp. Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Conrad wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the north to a Fisher, Conrad learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Fisher. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. She sports a flattop fur cut. She has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a green feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born into a rich family. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Carrie's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stableman they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Fisher, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mason. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mason. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her golden hair is still thick. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying east to reunite her family. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man likes to wear black tank tops with red pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Horza was born with his mother's beautiful face. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

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

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.