Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and she perpetually has her falchion ready. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Shamil's homeland. Shamil decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a Dyer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his golden hair down. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Darrak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears dull red sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sword, just in case. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 10. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and axes. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Loopmottin 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. Loopmottin 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. Loopmottin 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, and is pretty ugly. His fur is short and red. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His white crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

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. He is a great chef.

History: Born in the north to a Bather, Direcris learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 90 gp.