Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is typically in her Animal Trainer uniform. She has chestnut hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small violet clips. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. White opal (1200 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Hobart alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).