Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has chestnut hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Frederick's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Blacksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tan trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born into a rich family. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cory 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a white collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Everard hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 pp.