Description: Runty and weak-looking, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her white fur is knotted and matted. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Lone has worked very hard to control her curse. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (140 gp).

Description: This woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Tyna hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shepherd work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shepherd work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 cp. Jade (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She has wavy black fur. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: She was born in a small forest village. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears skinny pants and wears a brown and tan robe with the hood down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has moderate length brown hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her first spouse was a Fisher, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'3" when asserting himself. His black hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Spy. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spy.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He has moderate length black crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'7". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is long and unkept. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Nella was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1500 sp.