Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has wavy blonde hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Orryn speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Joan was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered illithids who tried to eat her hand. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His purple hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His black hair is lengthy. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is content

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Citrine (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

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

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Spyglass. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (50 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a fancy yellow dress. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 120 gp. Amethyst (60 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Nagrette was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 sp. Azurite (16 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).