Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Adam wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Robert never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 pp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Amber (110 gp). Star ruby (800 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ralf grew up listening to his father's many stories. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a fancy blue suit. He has golden hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Diggory studied abroad. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished trident as well. He wears his chestnut hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kyle fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin. 2 Smokesticks.