Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his blue robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Halimath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and black tie. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 250 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Azurite (14 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'11" and tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and white tie. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Quelenna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Rohesia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and pastel tie. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Callie hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tanner. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: An older man who dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with grey slacks, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ombul was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and red handkerchief worn on his left side. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Don learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Don 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 worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp.