Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A true patriot, Nurkara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Nurkara was born with her father's beautiful face. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nurkara was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: This woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. The war was a terrible time for her, and Helja does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Helja was born with her father's beautiful face. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears bulky red painted plate armor. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barber but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Tyna hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: A 6'2" western woman, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Doudra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2500 pp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Coral (130 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Sard (70 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). White opal (1200 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished man wears a simple violet robe with black stripes complete with hood. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

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

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. Citrine (40 gp).