Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is red and curly. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Verna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Buckler.

Description: She wears a black shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, and he perpetually has his flail ready. He keeps his silver crest in a pixie cut. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dazzazn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 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 wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is lengthy. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Actor profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. Tim was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Priest. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. He has done his best to style his green crest to look like a famous performer. He is baby faced.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Priest born in the past three hundred years. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pandjed studied abroad. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

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

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A true patriot, Alex would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 has taken up work as a Sellsword and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: In love, Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his gray fur up. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Shifting lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He carries with him a set of crossbows on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

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. When Ildrex reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He struck the Laborer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 sp. Iolite (40 gp).