Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Xappan grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. He has a hunchback. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Healer business at a young age. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He tends to his Healer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and expand his business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with grey slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aramil was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Being a Barber kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and blue tie. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Navigator mother left her crippled. 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 loathes her own lifestyle; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 60 gp. Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

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 is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Tawna was born with her mother's beautiful face. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's in love; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her golden hair down. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Knight and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ahlyssa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Doctor, but she got bored and became a Painter. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She wears a fancy black dress. She carries a battered mace and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. Her rusty crest is braided into rings. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She struck the Apothecary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When Norûk reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).