Description: This man is very fat, and wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a simple red robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Norman was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Religious, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair is still thick. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Dean enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Farmer mother left him crippled. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Dean never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a fancy grey suit. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Guy was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 pp. White opal (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has moderate length auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. Robert was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Weaver. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.