Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, Secretive, Disease, Ugly. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Drifting was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He wears a colorful flower in his yellow fur. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Cloak was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cloak grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Cloak. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. 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 highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Amber (100 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'2" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Richard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is long and unkept. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy silver hair. 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 seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is long and white with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She has blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Red garnet (70 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 wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has dyed her greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Tatyan lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Tatyan was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tatyan's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Banded agate (10 gp).