Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her tied-back hair is red. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Avice 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 3 Acid flasks.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her tied-back hair is red. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a red feathered hat and red clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a sickle and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age his father died while driving off some drow. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in bow use. 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. Pikar 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 revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Hatae hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 190 gp.