Description: She stands about 6'2" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. 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. Astaro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She bought a spear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Crowbar.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ranala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Sellsword they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Gardener, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 pp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in an above average manner. His red hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

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. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bather; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Fortune-teller, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1300 gp.