Description: 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 carries with her a set of maces on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Carlin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Carlin hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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. Carlin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 22000 cp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has dark red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has styled his rusty crest well, parting it to the left. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Ildrex was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.