Description: This eastern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is cut short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Mardred was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sailor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1500 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears a brown coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Giselle was born the youngest of three triplets. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jet (50 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has moderate length black hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 3 Acid flasks. 3 Thunderstones.

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: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Naeris liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naeris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born in the east. He worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her rusty crest down. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gilkass does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Gilkass reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his brown hair down. 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 quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Being a Laborer 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp.