Description: He wears a violet tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is a great chef.

History: Fax hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Coral (120 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a green tunic with grey highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Map Maker, Harbek learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp).

Description: Standing 3'4", this man wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (16 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He very much looks the part of a Shepherd. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his silver eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Abad isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Fire opal (900 gp). Black opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his red hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp.