Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears brown trousers with green and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her gray fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Adventurer profession.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are amber and catlike.

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. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Brug was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp. White opal (900 gp).

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 typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She is baby faced.

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 loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black opal (700 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'0" and typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Brogg abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She has wavy blonde hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Nora was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and red handkerchief worn on his left side. His silver hair is still thick. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Balam was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Spice Merchant. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Weaver. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp.