Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Shamil was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Shamil's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1900 gp. Jet (140 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Bardryn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is auburn and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Himo embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished lance as well. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Zagga is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north to a Priest, Zagga learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Zagga was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Joser will drive conversation. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has a hunchback. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Miner they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear violet tank tops with blue pants. He has white hair. 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 considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spy profession.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His childhood dream was to be a Spy, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).