Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a simple pastel robe with blue stripes complete with hood. She has no fur. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Iolite (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an entirely tan suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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. Antinua fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: A 3'0" western man, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a halberd on his belt. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Tomi was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Breena hails from a village terrorized by drow. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 39000 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Stableman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Yurgunn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).