Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is black and very short. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anselm grew up listening to his father's many stories. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Pink pearl (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'3" and wears a simple white robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His silver hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a great chef.

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. At some point he was captured by drow and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'0". He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and his gloved hand is found clutching a lance. His blonde hair is cut short. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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-sister.

History: Trym hails from a village terrorized by giants. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bricklayer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple red robe with grey stripes complete with hood, and carries halberds. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is cut short. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Thomas's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thomas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Thomas abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.