Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Her silver hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the north. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1100 gp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Coral (130 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears dull grey sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

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 saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears white trousers with tan and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Sutha liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Coral (80 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anthony fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her black hair is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bree grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. After a long history of fighting, Rieta and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 12000 sp.