Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Shamil was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shamil's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1900 gp. Jet (140 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Bardryn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is auburn and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Himo embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished lance as well. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.