Description: Runty and weak-looking, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. 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 is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Mormog alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Mormog was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a brown collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy brown hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Carrie is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 sp. 3 Antitoxin. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Oloric was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Oloric decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his feathered tan hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Soveliss embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Being a Weaver kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman wears bulky red painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

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

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Paela was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Paela's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Paela was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 pp. White pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Egelina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Tailor business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Egelina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Egelina. She has worked as a Tailor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tan trousers with yellow and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His crest is rusty and very short. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Adrex was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.