Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a great chef.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: This southern man is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zog grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her blonde hair down. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hadwisa will drive conversation. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Hadwisa was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She bought a trident and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Laucian was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Laucian 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 a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a simple yellow robe with white stripes complete with hood. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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. Being a Weaver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Rose never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.