Description: This light-skinned female wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ownka grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Alice hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Through the years after Alice was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Alice's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and grey robe with the hood down. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Rûg wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 280 pp. Black pearl (500 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 pp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Deep green spinel (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.