Description: A 2'11" northern man, he wears a red vest and prefers blue and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is white and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Faran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a hunchback. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries a battered sickle and tarnished morningstar as well. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her black hair is well kept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears black trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Cressel was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 46000 sp. 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Silk rope. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: 6'0" and muscular, this northern woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Astaro is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. She has achieved small success as a Sailor.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dimble was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 pp. Malachite (7 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and regain custody of her son

Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).