Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Thava is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Thava 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Fax was born the youngest of three triplets. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fletcher. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She keeps her lavender fur in a pixie cut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An older man who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, he is not a threatening figure. His fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Drifting was born the youngest of three triplets. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'3" and wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Watson lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is auburn. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (9 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Jade (80 gp).