Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Mella hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (150 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shortspear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Emma hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Emma does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His red fur is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Lone was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Brewer. After months of barely getting by, Lone managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Dilettante profession.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 170 gp.