Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'2" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eran 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 Eran. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp. Coral (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a Miller, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student she started as a Miller, but she got bored and became a Glassblower. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With bright blonde hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He has wavy white hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

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

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Korfel grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with blue slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has orange fur. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Seven hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Seven 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Detective. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Anne hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has worked as a Detective like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 27000 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.