Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Ermina is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy green crest. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a hunchback. His green crest is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Unemployed first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Gorbundus hails from a village terrorized by drow. Gorbundus was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gorbundus decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants revenge against drow

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, white shirt, and black tie. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears professional attire. His hair is red and very short. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 66. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Mastema is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Roofer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, yellow shirt, and pastel tie. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Liftrasa hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 pp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Coral (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.