Description: This light-skinned male has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erdan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. 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 has wavy auburn hair. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Paela alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 170 pp. Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'8" southern man, he prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He got into the Barkeep business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barkeep work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barkeep work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Server. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 pp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Purah was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Painter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Quilla hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Broce and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has wavy black fur. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Dynamic was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Tanner. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 sp.