Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of sais, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Bardryn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Aust was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He struck the Carpenter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With bright black hair. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered grey hat.

Personality: Traubon is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Traubon was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Osah was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Rogue, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Rogue in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern man wears a green armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has rusty crest. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.