Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He got into the Sage business at a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sage for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear flannel. She has moderate length dark red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Sekhmet's homeland. Sekhmet decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. 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. Sekhmet 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1900 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Holy water.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Tanner. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Burto embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Burto was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Bardryn does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Bardryn was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 150 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She has wavy golden hair. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Vanchu is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Vanchu alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and red robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Ovina 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 is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. One day when Ovina was young, her father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her father dropped to the ground dead. Her father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ovina was heart-stricken from the event, and her mother started working long hours to provde for them. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a colorful flower in her cinnamon fur. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Gale is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Gale was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Carpenter. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 330 gp.