Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Nim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Nim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He tends to his Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. He wears his white hair up. 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 overprotective of those who hire his services. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Odorr was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, 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 Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Rose (20 gp). Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Uthemar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Uthemar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 sp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and red pants. He has blue hair. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bricklayer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.