Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and to be a courier again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With wild black hair. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow tunic with brown highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Amber (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.