Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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, Engong grew up listening to her father's many stories. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

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

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10 pp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has scarlet crest. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Eggren took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor she uses now. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears tattered old clothes. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Barendd is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Sutha was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Mardred was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardred 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; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a pastel tunic with yellow highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Harvest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with her Doctor mother left her crippled. She has worked as a Bounty Hunter like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Amber (90 gp).