Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born in the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 50000 cp. Hematite (13 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His beige fur is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He uses divination through singing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Ahvain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood. She has moderate length gray fur. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She is a Yochlol in disguise. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 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, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her hair is black and very short. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Hadwisa was born with her mother's beautiful face. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available she will default to her morningstar. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Architect arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears tattered old clothes. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She is baby faced.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a Dilettante, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents enrolled her in a Warlock school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp.