Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her green crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Pyxrin was born with her mother's beautiful face. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy lavender fur. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She has a hunchback. She has dyed her greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady copper eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is physically well-built. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Nedda never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'0" when asserting herself. With wild white hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is a Shepherd first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. 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 Shepherd. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Bonds: Job, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown shirt, with a red mid length shorts with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears bulky black painted plate armor. His copper crest is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Soapmaker mother left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'1". She wears a worn and beaten armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a Glassblower, her father struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She got into the Marshal business at a young age. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).