Description: This malnourished woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a simple yellow robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Courier. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Giselle was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Giselle abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. 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 wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1900 sp. Malachite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 330 gp.