Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. 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: Philomena was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Amber (50 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her blue hair down. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jade (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Jet (50 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars. Her cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Adelaide hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Coral (80 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jet (80 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and carries swords. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Alex was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Jade (130 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Sard (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Rimmon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 11000 gp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Jet (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Whurbin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Junk Dealer and was forced into it by his family; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 7000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.