Description: She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nella grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His black hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Alvyn will drive conversation. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Alvyn lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Weaver and was forced into it by his family; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Navigator. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Reddlepop hails from a village terrorized by giants. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a great chef.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Mundane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Tourmaline (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a white vest and prefers red and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bhevek grew up listening to his father's many stories. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. During his travels, Bhevek and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Bhevek discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Bhevek fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She wears a violet shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a sai on her belt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and scimitars. She has cinnamon fur. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Elegant enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 9000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Mardnab alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Tomph was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.