Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. She has a hunchback. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished axe as well. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cloak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 sp. Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Adelard embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 Blacksmith. He tends to his Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older man who wears yellow trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Clerebold was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished sword as well. Her blue crest is still thick. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Driindar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp.