Description: This malnourished woman is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mella studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Mella took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Grai grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Grai. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her copper crest is greasy and uncared for. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Surina is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rose (40 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Azurite (11 gp).

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a Sage first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born in the south to a Sage, Keyleth learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and white pants. His blue hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her brass crest to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Megren 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Megren alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and many giants want her driven away

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.