Description: This light-skinned male wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Taklinn was born with his mother's beautiful face. Taklinn 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. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and black tie. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 230 gp. Onyx (20 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). 4 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her broad brown hat.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Alice was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bounty Hunter. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports blonde long hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 3000 cp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Seamstress profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He struck the Bather job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. His long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Body Guard who has hired him part-time. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Map Maker father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kerkad 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, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (160 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His rusty crest is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 390 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).