Description: She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and shields. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Jo hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting illithids, the young Jo began to lead the lost caravan. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2300 gp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Jet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Jade (110 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Vicky's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp. Amber (60 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naill was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Naill 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black small hat and black clothes. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: Standing 4'0", this woman wears an entirely brown suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born in the north to a Blacksmith, Thodris learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Thodris was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Curran was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 900 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Emerald (800 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Performer. His scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Gorbundus hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gorbundus 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 Gorbundus. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 17000 cp. Banded agate (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Priest born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Spy, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing his hectic life and new priest responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 gp. Onyx (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His purple hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his youth he was a Beggar, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.