Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Althaea was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on her right side. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dara grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and many drow want her driven away

Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp).