Description: This dark-skinned female wears a worn and beaten armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. After coming to the age of reason, Tyna took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears just a yellow suit. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium 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 keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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: Jelenneth was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 gp. Coral (40 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple pastel robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She is portly but not overly obese. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Leaf was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Leaf was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Beggar. She struck the Beggar job and began her own company from there.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Varg's homeland. Varg decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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. Varg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is content

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 12000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, pastel shirt, and violet tie. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Elizabeth embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Elizabeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Bernard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Bernard abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.