Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is short and auburn. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nora was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Nature, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

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.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mason. She wears her black hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She very much looks the part of a Sailor. Her blue hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Sailor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She got into the Sailor business at a young age. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. She has worked as a Sailor like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Merchant. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He usually wears his yellow robe and has his trident always slung over his shoulder. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Gardener, but he got bored and became a Apothecary. He's also a talented Gardener, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Valorean is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Valorean was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man usually wears his black robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder and is in decent physical shape. His brown hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. Malachite (7 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp).