Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Cressel was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Cressel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

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. 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 south. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 270 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky brown painted plate armor. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She takes great joy in being the best Brewer in town.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. After coming to the age of reason, Oolah took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She's also a talented Server, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to be a server again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Bricklayer, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Engraver like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: The child of a Unemployed, who enjoyed hunting, Azza was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 bought a greataxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. 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: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This woman wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered red stockings, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Maynild is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Maynild's homeland. Maynild decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 50 gp.