Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Horza was born with his father's beautiful face. Horza was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Adventurer. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her fur is black and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She bought a scimitar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Coral (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She sports a flattop crest cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born into a rich family. Through the years after Aasathra was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Aasathra's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Aasathra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head, and carries shields. She has done her best to style her purple hair to look like a famous performer. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in the north. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kallista was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kallista fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 22000 cp. Moss agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hammer.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 4'11", this man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Masseuse they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 390 gp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her orange fur is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His golden hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears professional attire. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Anakis was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Obsidian (7 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp).