Description: This younger middle-aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Juliana was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Bonds: In love, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 cp. Blue quartz (11 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His crest is black and curly. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Cartwright, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Kriv was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed club, just in case. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this southern man wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who usually wears her grey robe and has her longsword always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is blonde and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Bardryn was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shepherd. She bought a longsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gomory isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in the east. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 81. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Nora's homeland. Nora decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nora 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 to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. With wild blonde hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. He is an epitome of beauty. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.