Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Ahlyssa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her silver crest, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Pogranix has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the north to a Barber, Bucklal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Greedy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Marshal but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ribbles was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His fur is white and curly. His fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 190 pp. Hematite (5 gp).