Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His beige fur is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Shivering hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in sword use. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a white collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt and is in decent physical shape. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born in the north. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Hrathy alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and many brigands want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 50 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a blue vest and prefers tan and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Engraver uniform. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has achieved small success as a Engraver.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Hematite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur is orange and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30000 sp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Vonana speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Spice Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This woman wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: A 5'9" southern man, he wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Crowbar. 1 Climber’s kit.