Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has moderate length dark red hair. Her black eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Verin grew up listening to her father's many stories. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shane studied abroad. When Shane reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a sickle on her belt. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Roofer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He takes great joy in being the best Roofer in town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gifted student he started as a Bricklayer, but he got bored and became a Roofer. He tends to his Roofer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 pp. Jade (60 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: This northern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Painter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His first spouse was a Baker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. Her white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He tends to wear a large green jacket. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blue hair. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Iados was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jade (100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Zircon (50 gp).