Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Ruler business at a young age. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white crest is greasy and uncared for. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dragonborn conditions. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and carries greatswords. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in greatsword use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears a pastel vest and prefers green and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white fur is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: Cloak is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Cloak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Zunn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has worked as a Bookbinder like his father before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.