Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: This southern woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Knight. Her golden hair is well kept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: She got into the Knight business at a young age. 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 Knight. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Knight for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'11" and very much looks the part of a Baker. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Osco hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is short and brown. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 uses divination through singing.

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. Dimble was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Interpreter. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple black robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

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 is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Lilith was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Lilith was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Half-Plate.