Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. 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 wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her first spouse was a Stableman, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Tûmhom's homeland. Tûmhom decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Oriax will drive conversation. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Oriax has worked very hard to control his curse. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bellfounder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bellfounder work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 pp.