Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Portia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Kipper wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a white collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and morningstars. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver pearl (70 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Numba and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has black hair. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He carries a battered greatsword and tarnished scimitar as well. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears a green shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is physically well-built. His crest is green and curly. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear yellow tank tops with black skirt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Gifted from a young age, Althaea studied abroad. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bricklayer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Cynical. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 240 gp.