Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Whurdred hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Whurdred grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Wizard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 15000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His crest is gold and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He bought a shortspear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Jet (100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who prefers to wear flannel. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Pelaios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Engraver, but he was a colossal failure. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her brown hair is cut short. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Assassin but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She has slicked back black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 87. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Animal Trainer, but she got bored and became a Stylist. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Moonstone (40 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Tagga was born with her father's beautiful face. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp. Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Banded mail.