Description: Standing 5'1", this woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gadreel was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished scythe as well. His blue hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Abad hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A gifted student he started as a Dilettante, but he got bored and became a Mayor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dutch accent

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

Description: An older woman who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, she is not a threatening figure. She sports a flattop fur cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dagger grew up listening to her father's many stories. Through the years after Dagger was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Dagger's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her silver hair is cut short. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born to a Gardener, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fargas studied abroad. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Fargas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Fargas never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is red and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She uses divination through singing.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He uses divination through singing.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Banker. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.