Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He is physically well-built. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has styled his blue crest well, parting it to the left. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. During his travels, Baradad and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Baradad discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Baradad fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Ernest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Oblar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He's also a talented Adventurer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp.