Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He keeps his black crest in a flapper bob. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her silver hair down. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a brewer again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nákra alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nákra was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (70 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Chaedi speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a red cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lavinia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Mormo was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Anne was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 12th 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Jet (100 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is a Miller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to be a carpenter again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 cp. 4 Holy water.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a fancy brown dress. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Therlin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Through the years after Therlin was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Therlin's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 390 gp.