Description: She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Mardred abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Jheri was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mercenary. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: 4'2" and muscular, this western man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has no hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Nalral is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Nalral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She carries a battered pickaxe and tarnished mace as well. Her black crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His crest is short and gold. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 190 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Mantus was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Mantus was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He is content; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Carnelian (60 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her white hair is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Performer born in the past three hundred years. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

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 worked as a nervous Performer and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Performer like her father before her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her first spouse was a Mason, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by her family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp.