Description: She is a husky woman, who wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ranala's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ranala grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Ortegar was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Butcher. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 gp. Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Nija hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Nija alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.