Description: Standing 5'1", this woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Ermina has worked very hard to control her curse. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is red and curly. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the north. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: The child of a Herbalist, who enjoyed hunting, Quarion was taken on many hunting expeditions. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has wavy white hair. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a pastel and tan robe with the hood down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has styled her black fur well, parting it to the left. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Pelt was born with her father's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a hunchback. His blue hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A freak accident while working with his Bookbinder father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Eberdeb hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and green handkerchief worn on her left side, marred by teas. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Myathethil is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Myathethil 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 she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Half-Plate.