Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Marastyr was born with her mother's beautiful face. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white fur is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His crest is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. The war was a terrible time for her, and Agnes does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Agnes was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barkeep for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Through the years after Vola was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vola's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vola fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2800 sp. Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: A 5'4" western woman, she wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. Her long lavender fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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 mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. 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. Kite fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is golden and very short. His blue 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. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nelkin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nelkin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He wears his silver hair up. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Halander grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Halander. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp.