Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Bree was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Greedy, Hedonist, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He stands about 4'4" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and white tie. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a Baker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 700 sp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She carries with her a set of longswords, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Dalaba speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Dalaba never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a shortbow on his belt. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vondal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 sp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Elysande was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Elysande abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 sp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears skinny pants and wears a green and pastel robe with the hood down. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gesrethe was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears just a black suit. Her purple hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (40 gp).