Description: This southern woman prefers to wear flannel. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her blonde hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Mara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Mara's homeland. Mara decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Pushkrimp is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Through the years after Pushkrimp was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Pushkrimp's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 10 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Rimple hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by his family; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She carries a battered sword and tarnished kukri as well. She has wavy brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Alain is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Alain was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10000 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Miles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her long beige fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Flame was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student she started as a Fletcher, but she got bored and became a Courier. She's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Fletcher again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Sard (70 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Jet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.