Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Ranala was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Heskan was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man likes to wear green tank tops with yellow pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in a small island village. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her head has been shaved. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Barbena 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 Barbena. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a fancy violet dress. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

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 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: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 cp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his pastel robe. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is silver and very short. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Umpen hails from a village terrorized by brigands. After coming to the age of reason, Umpen took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.