Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: Nedda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a red coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Dyer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is braided into rings. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'7" eastern man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Patrick will drive conversation. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Patrick was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He found a children's book about a Human Commoner 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. 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's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Amber (120 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of flails on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bricklayer responsibilities is difficult; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy golden hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Rinn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. 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: Rinn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Merchant, but she got bored and became a Bricklayer. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large green jacket. He wears his red crest down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

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. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 24000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.