Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports black long hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Dara was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the north. A freak accident while working with her Assassin father left her crippled. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'9" when asserting herself. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Rosalind was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Ulfgar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Ulfgar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ulfgar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Masseuse, and he perpetually has his spear ready. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Fragrant wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in the west to a Masseuse, Fragrant learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He struck the Masseuse job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. With wild golden hair. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She got into the Doctor business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Architect, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, green cloak. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length black crest. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker green hat.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Interpreter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. She tends to her Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.