Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of scythes on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is brown and very short. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. 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. Giselle fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her red hair is well kept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 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: Ielenia 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. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She sports chestnut long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Vistra is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is short and white. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. White opal (800 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and greataxes. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She sports brown long hair. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for her, and Myathethil does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Myathethil took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2800 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gifted from a young age, Brakka studied abroad. Brakka was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Animal Trainer. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.