Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her tied-back hair is black. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Damien fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

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

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alain embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Alain alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Thiala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 sp.