Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His green crest is long and unkept. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Vrondiss was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His crest is red and curly. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is a Bowyer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. Her copper crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. A true patriot, Kava would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has moderate length red hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He comes from a rich southern family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Ranala was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ranala's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Being a Sage kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a Herbalist, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids 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: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Olgoth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 sp.