Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. Her red hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Tordrid's homeland. Tordrid decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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. Tordrid fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a axe on her belt. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 3'8", this man wears an entirely blue suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Rose (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Hematite (12 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Drenna hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Drenna's homeland. Drenna decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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: Someone believes her a fraud; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dyer who has hired her part-time. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Coral (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has black crest. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nykkan studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His rusty crest is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Greethen was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 700 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Findex was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4 Antitoxin.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is typically in his Farmer uniform. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Carter, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Farmer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 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.