Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. She has amber eyes.

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. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His gold crest is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She wears her blonde hair up. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Masseuse business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, and carries hand crossbows. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was raised in a island tribe. When Varis reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp. Azurite (16 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'8" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Vorka was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This western man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, red shirt, and white tie. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has no crest. He wears an eyepatch.

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. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 160 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was taken from her home at a very young age. Being a Detective kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a Gardener, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp.