Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. His black hair is cut short. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Nim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Carpenter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 pp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: Peren lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Korfel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 190 pp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Tharivol wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp).