Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, red cloak. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Merla studied abroad. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has wavy golden hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Hunter was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Peren was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nija studied abroad. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 pp. Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Coral (100 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Scribe. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jasper (20 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Fonkin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a long, pastel cloak. His yellow fur is matted, messy, and big. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Emerald abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is portly but not overly obese. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Ernest hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south to a Server, Ernest learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.