Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born in the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. 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. Nyx fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She got into the Stableman business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is auburn and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Brottor is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. A freak accident while working with his Fisher mother left him crippled. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

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 very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears professional attire. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Emma was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and balancing her hectic life and new knight responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is short and blonde. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears blue trousers with white and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Ella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 gp.