Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a pickaxe on her belt. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. 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. Murook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. Her hair is brown and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Jarsali lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miller. He became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His black hair is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains 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 plains due to the painful memories there. Peter took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up lance and armor he uses now. After a long history of fighting, Peter and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Braak enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Depressed. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). 4 Holy water. 4 Holy water. 4 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.