Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her sai. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Veloptima was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. At a young age her father died while driving off some illithids. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in sai use. 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: Someone believes her a fraud; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her shield. Her crest is rusty and very short. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her first spouse was a Locksmith, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a grey shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and is pretty ugly. She wears her red hair down. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ovina will drive conversation. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. After coming to the age of reason, Ovina took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a blue tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Glassblower. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His long scarlet crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alexandre does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his silver hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Oriax and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 250 gp.