Description: An older woman who wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After months of barely getting by, Lûgdash managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 9000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She keeps her white fur in a flapper bob. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 90 pp. Rose (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Gorbundus was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Map Maker. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and red handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has wavy black hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sard (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He is an epitome of beauty. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Tordek is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Actor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His green crest is singed and shortened. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bharash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Secretive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Norman speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great joy in being the best Spy in town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Norman fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 sp.