Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length copper crest. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 sp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Knight arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Siffress was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Siffress decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears just a yellow suit. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Lewis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sellsword, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a violet vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Adelaide will drive conversation. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Adelaide and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Spy

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

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a black armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Karash hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Karash alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Iolite (20 gp).