Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Morana grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is still thick. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Efferil hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Efferil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 12000 cp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Elysande was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She struck the Scribe job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has styled her bronze crest well, parting it to the left. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Jheri lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is white and curly. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears long strands of amethyst and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Dentratha wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a green collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His fur is beige and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Right-Handed alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Right-Handed was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.