Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has wavy silver hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 11000 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. His hair is golden and very short. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. 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. Gorfel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman very much looks the part of a Butcher. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Nedda hails from a village terrorized by drow. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Amber (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Sard (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a green vest and prefers blue and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blue crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a Bellfounder, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (110 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Onyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she usually wears her blue robe and has her crossbow always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When Lia reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.