Description: She is lean but muscular and is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Beleth lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his lance ready. His blonde hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Broce was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Broce fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20000 cp. Peridot (40 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears brown trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports red long hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Jarana was taken on many hunting expeditions. Jarana was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Marshal. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Selfish, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.