Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. A true patriot, Orla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spy arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has no hair. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in monstrous two handed axe use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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 illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'0" when asserting herself. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

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. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Conrad was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Conrad's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: She wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Burana is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Through the years after Burana was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Burana's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Apothecary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'10" and is wearing a long, white cloak. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His golden hair is long and unkept. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Therlin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp).