Description: This dark-skinned female wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 250 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and white pants. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He keeps his blue hair in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Cressel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 120 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Banded mail.