Description: She wears professional attire. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This malnourished man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. His rusty crest is long and unkept. He has red eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his youth he was a Ruler, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shamash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 360 gp. Azurite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is red and curly. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born into a rich family. She found a children's book about a Gnome Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a white collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her parents enrolled her in a Ranger school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Fire opal (1400 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear brown tank tops with tan skirt. Her fur is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born into a rich family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Feldûsh was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Feldûsh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Feldûsh was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 500 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is golden and curly. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Weaver. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Margery is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20000 sp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.