Description: This woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gomory grew up listening to her father's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 pp. White pearl (50 gp). Sard (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Amber (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Jade (50 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries a battered sickle and tarnished greataxe as well. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Cairn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 11000 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Sard (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 5'5". He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 pp. White opal (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Pyntle wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his purple hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Paymon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Sailor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jet (140 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Iolite (70 gp).