Description: She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her white hair is well kept. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1800 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Willow grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After months of barely getting by, Willow managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This man wears brown trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His hair is cut close to his head. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a great chef.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Simon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue cloak. He carries a battered spear and tarnished rapier as well. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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. After months of barely getting by, Igden managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Smoking and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear grey tank tops with brown pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Alex was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky pastel painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. His white fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This copper eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. After a long history of fighting, Shivering and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 210 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a black vest and prefers violet and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and longbows. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Tordek was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp.