Description: This woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She wears her brown hair up. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Avice learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 cp. Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brass crest is braided into rings. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born into a rich family. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Guardian, Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is short and blonde. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Shautha was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shautha decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Shautha was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and blonde. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Adam was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Adam decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She has wavy brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gifted student she started as a Body Guard, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. Recently the stress of being a Slave Trader has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears baggy violet pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1200 sp. Eye agate (4 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shax will drive conversation. A true patriot, Shax would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in a small desert village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Balifra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 cp. Malachite (5 gp).