Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Raiann was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting illithids, the young Raiann began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is short and golden. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sellsword who has hired her part-time. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She got into the Sellsword business at a young age. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He wears a grey coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is black and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Tim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but he was a colossal failure. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 160 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Armorer again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rose (20 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her violet robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rosamund was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Rosamund has worked very hard to control her curse. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kody studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Kathra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is red and curly. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 pp. Azurite (16 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Sard (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).