Description: Standing 2'8", this woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 240 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'5". She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her violet robe, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shield. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her black robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her crest is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Farideh was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Standing 3'11", this man wears a grey shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and black pants. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Glassblower but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an entirely tan suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has no hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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 wants revenge against orcs; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She carries a battered sai and tarnished kukri as well. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She wears a colorful flower in her black crest. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Blendaeth is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She got into the Carter business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 gp.