Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Valida does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valida fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Valanthe was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Coral (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Morgran isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Coral (100 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an entirely black suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has slicked back silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Silgre studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 9000 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears her black hair up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. During his travels, Norkruuth and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Norkruuth discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Norkruuth fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.