Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a hunchback. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. With wild blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: Born in the south to a Mayor, Seven learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Mayor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a violet coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Stylist, Adam learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stylist.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 180 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Eberdeb was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Adelard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has gray eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Eran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Gardener again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.