Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is red and curly. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vassago 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 Vassago. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Eye agate (11 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. She has styled her blue crest well, parting it to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her tied-back hair is auburn. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp. Sard (20 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 white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Fistula liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear tan tank tops with white skirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cumpen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eldon studied abroad. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on her left side. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the south to a Armorer, Creega learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Creega liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Armorer.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is physically well-built. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Quillathe was born the youngest of three triplets. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.