Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Helja hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. During her travels, Helja and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Helja discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Helja fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in an above average manner. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson black hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a grey and tan robe with the hood down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her first spouse was a Healer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bather, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered green stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. Her white hair is cut short. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fancy grey suit. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Thradal was born the youngest of three triplets. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Marshal work with an outfit from a few towns over. Marshal work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'2" and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Kilia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Kilia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.