Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Dean hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear flannel. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Unemployed but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Through the years after Charles was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Charles's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 31000 sp. Hematite (15 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, pastel shirt, and brown tie. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Frederick hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but he was a colossal failure. 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 money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Azurite (12 gp).