Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a simple black robe with white stripes complete with hood. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 19000 cp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is golden and very short. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Simon took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up glaive and armor he uses now. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his black hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Charles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dull tan sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Courier but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Solomon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears bulky red painted plate armor. He has wavy black hair. 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 writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.