Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is brown and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Nelkin was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Shivering was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Shifting was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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, Patrick is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Patrick was born with his father's beautiful face. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.