Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Ovak was born the youngest of three triplets. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jet (90 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 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.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of a Bellfounder, who enjoyed hunting, Nordak was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Nordak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ombul isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Baker, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jade (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Jade (140 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (140 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 9000 gp.