Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Volen was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new performer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

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. Her tied-back hair is black. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Katherine hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Katherine fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'8" and wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Azza was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Azza decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Bellfounder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She tends to her Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again.

Flaws: Addict, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a Cook, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this eastern man wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her rusty crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. A true patriot, Hillanot would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 290 gp.