Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pearl fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing her hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 160 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Lia was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lia's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a grey shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and green pants. His red hair is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Aldous was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her white fur is heavily combed to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born in the north to a Spy, Edge learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Edge never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries rapiers. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Koeth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Red garnet (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp).