Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born into a rich family. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. His blue hair is heavily combed to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 23000 cp. Peridot (40 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His silver crest is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Torinn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Deep green spinel (100 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jillian 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, Athletic, Justice, Joker. Occupation: Mason

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a green scarf. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Assassin but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tiefling people; and tiefling compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Katherine wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (30 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). White opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.