Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Philomena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Philomena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this eastern woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She has no fur. She has yellow eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Pelt took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and balancing her hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Rose (20 gp). Azurite (7 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yevelda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 350 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. A freak accident while working with her Cook mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Spice Merchant 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: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 cp. Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Marshal who has hired him part-time. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, brown cloak. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Duergath was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1300 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.