Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. A true patriot, Oriel would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Oriel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Pink pearl (150 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Amber (80 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Orla was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Stableman. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 sp.

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 is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 46000 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has moderate length black hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Barkeep, Meena learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 4'10" western woman, she prefers to wear flannel. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mason for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'10" northern woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eva 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 Eva. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.