Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: William was born with his mother's beautiful face. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. William was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To protect his home; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Anselm liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Golden pearl (90 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Manfred does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this western man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.