Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ranala was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a hand crossbow on her belt, and carries hand crossbows. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Akra hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She married young, but lost her spouse to dire rats. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 46000 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. He is portly but not overly obese. His blue crest is unkempt and raggedy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and black tie. She has wavy red crest. She is baby faced.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy red crest. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Vrondiss was born with his mother's beautiful face. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 11000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman usually wears her grey robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Being a Mercenary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 sp. Citrine (40 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He got into the Priest business at a young age. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Fire opal (1000 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Amber (50 gp). Moss agate (5 gp).

Description: This woman wears a black vest and prefers tan and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40000 cp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Black opal (1400 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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 was born in a small forest village. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp.