Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is physically well-built. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Oda 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. Oda 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. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: 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: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her fur is short and yellow. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: River was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and someone believes him a fraud

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket, and carries lances. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Sculptor does. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired her part-time. A true patriot, Ootah would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He wears his brown hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 sp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. Her golden hair is cut short. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Mary is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Mary took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.