Description: She wears bulky black painted plate armor. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the north. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

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 moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has green eyes and a violet hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Greedy, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this northern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His childhood dream was to be a Weaver, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Weaver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. Her crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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: Ownka was born with her mother's beautiful face. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp.