Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are black and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for her, and Hecat does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hecat 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 she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. Malachite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bellfounder. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a great chef.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. He wears his brown fur up. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Sun is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Sun was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Jade (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tan trousers with green and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Tanner again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Aelar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His crest is short and blue. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).