Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her head has been shaved. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Aline was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This light-skinned female is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She refers to her adoptive father 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the north to a Weaver, Fonkin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Weaver.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a white tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trym was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She struck the Scribe job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses like a well dressed Mercenary does. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Fabien was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a yellow vest and prefers blue and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Lucan hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he tends to wear a large grey jacket. He wears his chestnut hair up. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Brewer; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.