Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears tattered old clothes. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire, and carries clubs. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Jocelyn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jocelyn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Amber (140 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Crown-heir, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Sard (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Amber (130 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A true patriot, Ranala would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sculptor. He has styled his yellow fur well, parting it to the left. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 pp.