Description: An older woman who is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Being a Apothecary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long red fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Serpent was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his red crest up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp).