Description: She usually wears her black robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blue hair is braided into rings. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her broad black hat.

Personality: Shax speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are white.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Andram's homeland. Andram decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black opal (1100 gp).

Description: This woman is typically in her Herbalist uniform. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Oolah hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and money/treasure

Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 gp. White opal (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he's in love

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.