Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. White opal (700 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her silver hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nija alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time, and carries bastard swords. She sports blonde long hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Rose was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is still thick. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Heward's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Server but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Server business at a young age. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and tan tie, and is pretty ugly. He has no crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Tarhun was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy black hair. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. She struck the Painter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His white hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Doctor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. 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: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp).