Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 17000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has moderate length silver crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a grey vest and prefers green and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Balifra was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her orange fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in a small plains village. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She bought a bastard sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.