Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Astaro hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Cook, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 270 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, marred by teas. With bright silver hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She sports brown long hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the north to a Servant, Ilga learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Ilga took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To protect her home; and expand her business

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Keyleth was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Malquis learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. Peridot (20 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Gerald hails from a village terrorized by goblins. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a tan coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson tan hat.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Beggar. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. She tends to her Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries with her a set of bows, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. The war was a terrible time for her, and Oriel does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Oriel reached her early adolescence her Human mother 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. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.