Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a red cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her black hair is thinning but still full. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Butcher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When Callie reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a tan vest and prefers blue and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, marred by chocolates. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theren grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears an entirely black suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and she perpetually has her club ready. She has styled her copper crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Raiann hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Raiann was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of falchions, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'0" and wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She has wavy brown hair. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. She tends to her Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. Her green crest is heavily combed to the right. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2300 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2800 sp. 2 Thunderstones. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Acid flasks.