Description: He stands about 4'4" and wears a brown vest and prefers green and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has white hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy chestnut hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Bardryn speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gifted student she started as a Laborer, but she got bored and became a Armorer. 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. Bardryn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Quelenna was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Weaver. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her green crest is lengthy. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. With wild white hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Oriel is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Randal was born the youngest of three triplets. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 4'9". She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and her gloved hand is found clutching a halberd. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Agnes abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. She has wavy red hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. After a long history of fighting, Emmeline and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local fortune-teller

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.