Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Criella hails from a village terrorized by drow. Criella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the west. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sammal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her head has been shaved. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has gray eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and he perpetually has his sai ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 pp. Rose (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She wears a violet tunic with yellow highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She sports brown long hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Jet (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.