Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. After a long history of fighting, Kathra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His tied-back hair is golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear flannel, he is not a threatening figure. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Oren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a whip on his belt. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Gormogord was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Roofer. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Vonana speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Vonana was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bricklayer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. He tends to his Bricklayer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. She has wavy cinnamon fur. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born in a small plains village. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Junk Dealer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Beggar, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 24000 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Blacksmith. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.