Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on her right side. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Veloptima hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bricklayer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His beige fur is singed and shortened. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ethereal's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 50 gp. Rose (30 gp).

Description: 3'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Watson is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Watson was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He married young, but lost his spouse to drow. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a scythe on her belt. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a fancy black dress. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Kasdeya was born with her mother's beautiful face. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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. Kasdeya fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a brown collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: Oriel hails from a village terrorized by giants. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate.