Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a fancy blue dress. Her hair is red and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hlin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Jasper (30 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a sword on his belt. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 37000 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Melech was born with his father's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His brass crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gargax will drive conversation. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 50 pp.