Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Nemeia's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Nemeia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Unemployed job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greatsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Helja was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Mason soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mason responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His blue hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Through the years after Andram was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Andram's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Andram and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. He has a hunchback. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tim embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in the east. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Tim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Cumpen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Cumpen was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Unemployed and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 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 is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Ruloth 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 been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student he started as a Spy, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 140 gp. White pearl (40 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bounty Hunter. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 pp. Tourmaline (60 gp).