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. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zykroff fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Mehen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Mehen was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 50 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears dull tan sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Leshanna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Leshanna alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'2". She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Kristryd was born the youngest of three triplets. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has dyed his greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Beast hails from a village terrorized by drow. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, tan shirt, and white tie. She carries a battered morningstar and tarnished greataxe as well. She wears her blue crest down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Savaran was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Map Maker. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Savaran was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp).