Description: This northern woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is well kept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a Locksmith, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Fire opal (800 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'9" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A freak accident while working with his Sculptor mother left him crippled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Varis was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. He carries with him a set of halberds, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is short and dark red. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Andram was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Ranger, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Ranger in service of a powerful lord somewhere. After coming to the age of reason, Andram took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He uses divination through singing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A 5'10" southern woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has done her best to style her white fur to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Healer

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

Possessions: 44000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Felosial hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp.