Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Shedinn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Weaver, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Elama alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miner for hire.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. She wears her brown hair down. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 88. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 180 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Amber (90 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.