Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He comes from a rich western family. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a glaive on her belt. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Falkrunn hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Falkrunn was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 350 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear tan tank tops with green skirt. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.