Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Carpenter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat and is in decent physical shape. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 sp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is still thick. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thorin is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gilbert grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Gilbert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Revenge; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bertram's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.