Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Callybon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Callybon was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (14 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has moderate length brass crest. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Chassath was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chassath decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He stands about 4'7" and dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with blue slacks. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 cp. Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the south. 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 left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a large black jacket, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He wears his red hair down. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Spice Merchant, Orthog learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a white shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and violet pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her blonde hair is cut short. She has green eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Emen was born with her mother's beautiful face. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is portly but not overly obese. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geva fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.