Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His black fur is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Tricking was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carter. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has moderate length white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Carter and found it very stressful. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Orsik never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown fur is thinning but still full. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Silent fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: 4'0" and muscular, this eastern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Veit hails from a village terrorized by giants. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Oppleby is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Oppleby's homeland. Oppleby decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Lance will drive conversation. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver pearl (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is pastel, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a great chef.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Audhild was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries a battered whip and tarnished bow as well. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Frederick lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Jeweler.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing his hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.