Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Dyer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Vani alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Revenge; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman wears long strands of amber and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. With wild auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Baelitae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Miner does. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to be a baker again

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.