Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a very tight haircut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Avelina embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Avelina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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 into a rich family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Geoffrey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Geoffrey was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Geoffrey decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He struck the Miner job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 380 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears a white shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has moderate length red hair. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She got into the Glassblower business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Adventurer, but she got bored and became a Glassblower. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she has a crush on the local adventurer

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is typically in his Adventurer uniform. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Direcris was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Adventurer. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. White pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Mason.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and she perpetually has her trident ready. Her beige fur is thinning but still full. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 220 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 1 Everburning torch.