Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a Courier, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Mara was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shortspear on his belt. His hair is golden and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His crest is scarlet and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A true patriot, Tarhun would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tarhun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern man wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a flail on his belt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but she was a colossal failure. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ronwe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

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

Possessions: 390 pp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her white fur up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Drifting embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Drifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a green vest and prefers red and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has white eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She refers to her adoptive father 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ploughman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Silk rope.