Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears professional attire. She has auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Nissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. At some point she was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Nissa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by beers. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fletcher. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her gold crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Raiann took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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 unite with her sister; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1900 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: Standing 5'0", this man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He wears his red hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Zepar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. Zepar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: An older man who is wearing a long, grey cloak, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Robert grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: Huru hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With bright white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

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