Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are red.

Personality: Baradad hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Baradad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the west. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He got into the Seamstress business at a young age. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Seamstress for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Debt, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 350 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a white broad hat and white clothes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She is an epitome of beauty. She has wavy brown hair. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nurkara studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This western man tends to wear a large brown jacket. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nicholas grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Nicholas abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. 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 keeps his blue crest in a pixie cut. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Silver ewer (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sickle with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of sickles, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shipwright but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pogranix fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2200 sp.