Description: This eastern woman wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is knotted and matted. She is baby faced.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the east. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Therlin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Thamuz lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Nature, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His hair is short and red. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His tied-back hair is chestnut. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to drow.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Enemies, Rich, In love. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 32000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is cut short. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Aust was born the youngest of three triplets. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. 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: She has a crush on the local Courier; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. A true patriot, Lilli would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Lilli lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Lilli was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lilli decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Hourglass.