Description: 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 a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Roofer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of a Barber, who enjoyed hunting, Sutha was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. His half smiles and white eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. A true patriot, Tethren would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'11". He wears a fancy pastel suit. His fur is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (11 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tenena 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 Tenena. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 pp. Onyx (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Coral (100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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. Malquis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Damaia was born the youngest of three triplets. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is well kept. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Audhild hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Audhild was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Audhild alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with grey pants. He is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.