Description: 4'3" and muscular, this southern woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and yellow robe with the hood down. Her hair is red and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is still thick. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vanchu grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vanchu. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jet (140 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Loopmottin took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a violet wide-brimmed hat and violet clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Kyle hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp.