Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and carries daggers. His red hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is red and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 270 pp.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Thamior was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Naeris was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.