Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy silver hair. 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 seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Priest. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 280 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 6'4" western woman, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. She has wavy brass crest. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Doctor business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A freak accident while working with her Assassin father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. She sports brown long hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hrathy grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 sp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the south to a Blacksmith, Trey learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp.