Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dyer who has hired him part-time. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Zook was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 39000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Althaea was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Through the years after Althaea was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Althaea's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Emeny was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Emeny's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Doctor. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Drusilia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. She is obsessed with her god.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Drusilia was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Doctor. She became a Doctor soon after.

Motivation: She is greedy; and balancing her hectic life and new doctor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She tends to her Jeweler job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Keyleth 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 Keyleth. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries monstrous two handed axes. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Symma was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this southern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has wavy black hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp. Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.