Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ethereal does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Knight mother left her crippled. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this western woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the left. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 Locksmith. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (50 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Sard (50 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eberk grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eberk. 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: Many illithids want him driven away; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears professional attire. Her hair is white and curly. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kathra grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kathra. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and 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: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. She carries a battered whip and tarnished lance as well. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her ears are large.

Personality: Ownka is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A gifted student he started as a Junk Dealer, but he got bored and became a Miner. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.