Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is short and silver. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered blue hat.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Virra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 sp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brass crest is thinning but still full. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He takes great joy in being the best Brewer in town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Fletcher business.

History: Pyra was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her hair is short and auburn. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Lia was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mercenary. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When Traubon reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 390 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a brown shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 360 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man wears black trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a Sailor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: An older man who wears skinny pants and wears a blue and brown robe with the hood down, he is not a threatening figure. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Paelias was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears just a black suit. Her bronze crest is lengthy. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Carter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Surina was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken from her home at a very young age. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).