Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, and carries swords. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Miles was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Backpack. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Spyglass. 1 Backpack.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Seamstress. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Kyle speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He works hard and plays hard.

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 mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Seamstress like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Full Plate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Ralf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Ralf was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ralf was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7 Acid flasks. 3 Smokesticks. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).