Description: This light-skinned female sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tattered old clothes. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Kairon was born the youngest of three triplets. Kairon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kairon decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Tarhun is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Doctor. He struck the Doctor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her copper crest is smooth and relatively long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Hethress was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hethress grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hethress. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is dressed in an above average manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new mercenary responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His long white fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 98. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Carpenter business.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 cp.