Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her orange fur is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered illithids who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. River was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is short and black. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 61. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by beers. Her black hair is long and unkept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. She has no hair. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her crest is green and curly. She has red eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Jezean was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Forgetful, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His rusty crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dilettante for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 pp. Malachite (8 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (8 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his green crest in a pixie cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Dazzazn was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 8000 sp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in the east to a Sailor, Naivara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp.