Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'7". She wears an entirely black suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bastard sword. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Volen was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a grey shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

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. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a colorful flower in her green crest. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Rezena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Carter, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nalaed was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his falchion always slung over his shoulder. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Shepherd. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. After a long history of fighting, Conrad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.