Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Military, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

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. She takes great joy in being the best Herbalist in town.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Ella was taken on many hunting expeditions. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently the stress of being a Herbalist has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She sports auburn long hair. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She got into the Doctor business at a young age. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amethyst (50 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her gray fur is singed and shortened. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished rapier as well. He wears his golden hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Ombul lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His childhood dream was to be a Hunter, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shoemaker for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Red spinel (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Therlin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

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. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Travok grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Cynical, Addict, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 3 Acid flasks.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, marred by beers. His silver hair is braided into rings. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the north. Kelter was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barrister. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers brown and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has purple hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Bather, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 gp.