Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of hammers, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Birel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Oda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Oda was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She has a hunchback. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Ielenia was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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 would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available she will default to her shield. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Anbera hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Anbera grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Anbera. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She has blue eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. The war was a terrible time for her, and Phann 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 several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Jade (120 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His hair is red and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Balam and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Rolen was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).