Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she very much looks the part of a Mercenary. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She struck the Mercenary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Amber (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Black opal (500 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Bûth hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Coral (100 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His white eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Cressel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Cressel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He plays an instrument quite well.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Yevelda 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 is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 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.