Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears long strands of emerald and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Helja was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a pastel collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Andraste was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Through the years after Andraste was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Andraste's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 gp. Onyx (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Carter; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 gp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Skak was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Interpreter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has blonde hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 390 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Crowbar.