Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Emma was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 150 gp. Sard (30 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears just a red suit. His hair is short and golden. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Ielenia was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Miner, but she got bored and became a Herbalist. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 pp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries shields. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dull pastel sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shield, just in case, and is pretty ugly. His gray fur is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady yellow eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 sp.