Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has dyed her greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Engraver work with an outfit from a few towns over. Engraver work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Dorn reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 sp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears dull green sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case and is in decent physical shape. His hair is white and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Astar was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: He's in love; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp. Rose (60 gp).

Description: This man wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Roofer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

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. When Raer reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Berrian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 cp.