Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a green collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his white hair up. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cressel grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Cressel. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'6" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Jade (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman usually wears her blue robe and has her shortbow always slung over her shoulder, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her blonde hair is still thick. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Veloptima is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the east to a Farmer, Veloptima learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Farmer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Blue quartz (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. Recently the stress of being a Barkeep has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp.