Description: An older woman who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, she is not a threatening figure. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Donella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses like a well dressed Jeweler does. She wears her dark red hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the south to a Jeweler, Nija learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available she will default to her halberd. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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, Anakis is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He works hard and plays hard.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Dagger hails from a village terrorized by giants. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Mason job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. He has moderate length red hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born in the east. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.