Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

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 a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She usually wears her blue robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She married young, but lost her spouse to drow. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Quillathe was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Smokesticks. 2 Holy water. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and brown tie. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Makaria fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, black cloak. Her scarlet crest is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Nuthra enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Nuthra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and she perpetually has her whip ready. Her lavender fur is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. Pelt is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pelt grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She has a very tight haircut. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Alain was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue sapphire (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries longswords. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.