Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a green coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Burana 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. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Burana was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp. Coral (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Tailor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (150 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of aquamarine and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries with her a set of hammers on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

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 fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his right side, and carries longbows. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Dyer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. 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 is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Jade reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. After a long history of fighting, Jade and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Cimer was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Himo is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Himo was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Gynk learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp.