Description: 6'0" and muscular, this southern woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is short and blonde. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Eloise was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her white crest is greasy and uncared for. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zykroff grew up listening to her mother's many stories. After coming to the age of reason, Zykroff took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His lavender fur is heavily combed to the left. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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: Gifted from a young age, Drifting studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears an entirely red suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. During his travels, Curran and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Curran discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Curran fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His crest is cut close to his head. He has red eyes.

Personality: He hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He uses divination through singing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Norkruuth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has shaved her head bald. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Art lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Art took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: An older man who is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Krimmon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.