Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is red and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Detective mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries whips. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She carries a battered sai and tarnished axe as well. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Fistula was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Korfel was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Fletcher, but he got bored and became a Spy. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: This man dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Charles was born with his mother's beautiful face. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the east to a Bowyer, Ralf learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Ralf was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bowyer. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Bowyer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Beast is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 cp.