Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and she perpetually has her hammer ready. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Althaea fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Holy water. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a hammer on his belt. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Whurbin never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Nature, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Jet (50 gp).

Description: Standing 5'1", this man prefers to wear flannel. He has a very tight haircut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Sculptor like his mother before him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Uraim was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Standing 5'1", this woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Eva embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eva was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and many dire rats want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, In love, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.