Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bather. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small forest village. 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 Bather. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Pandjed was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 320 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 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. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

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. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His black hair is cut short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Naal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; 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: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 120 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Emotional, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down, marred by sweets. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born in the north to a Shipwright, Dûgza learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Map Maker, but he got bored and became a Shipwright. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Nelkin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 220 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has done his best to style his silver crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

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 actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Ruler

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

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Silk rope.