Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a very tight haircut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1900 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'11" and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Server work with an outfit from a few towns over. Server work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Hematite (9 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

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. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His ears are large.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Amber (90 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this western man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.