Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her gold crest is long and unkept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Saphara hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gray eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He wears his red hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'7". He wears a black top hat and black clothes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. His blonde hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Rendar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gadreel embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. He has wavy beige fur. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 Fortune-teller. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Fletcher; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: An older man who wears tattered old clothes, he is not a threatening figure. He has white hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. After a long history of fighting, Purson and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 4. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.