Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blue crest is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Pijjirik hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Pijjirik grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Pijjirik. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a blue collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a hunchback. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Menny was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She usually wears her black robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. She has a hunchback. Her hair is purple and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Anakis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Anakis lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bounty Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Apothecary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Baern lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his white crest in a pixie cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Fax has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Audhild took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hammer and armor she uses now. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a violet wide-brimmed hat and violet clothes. He is an epitome of beauty. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Kyle was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has white eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Falkrunn grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 110 gp.