Description: She is typically in her Courier uniform. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her dark red hair in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a assassin again

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a Baker, his father struggled to pay the bills. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An older man who has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is orange, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 370 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great joy in being the best Scribe in town.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Scribe.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Rose (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Patrin grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Patrin 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 Patrin. Being a Bellfounder 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin white vertical stripes and green pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'11" when asserting herself. She has no hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She is a Deep Scion in disguise. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a scythe on his belt. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Fulbar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Being a Beggar 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: Wants to raise his children well; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: She wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a green and tan robe with the hood down. She has done her best to style her bronze crest to look like a famous performer. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a Sailor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1300 sp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).