Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a grey vest and prefers green and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Hlin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Hlin was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has wavy dark red hair. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Cressel took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up club and armor he uses now. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is physically well-built. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. His crest, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Hirrathak was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp.