Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. She wears her golden hair down. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Cecily and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A true patriot, Zanna would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Zanna has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Jarsali hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Sard (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).