Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a Ploughman, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is short and blue. His half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Balam lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Ratlûg reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.