Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Tim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Barber father left him crippled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a tan tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: John hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His childhood dream was to be a Shoemaker, but he was a colossal failure. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his auburn hair down. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shepherd born in the past three hundred years. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His ears are large.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. After months of barely getting by, Gomory managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (80 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp.