Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents enrolled her in a Barbarian school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She wears a fancy red dress, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and hand crossbows. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Farmer. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Thodris hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Thodris was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Thodris decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and expand her business

Bonds: Criminal record, Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Ghaliver enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Ghaliver was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is brown and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Riardon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Riardon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Silk rope.