Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a violet coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a brown tunic with violet highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her golden hair is well kept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Sannl reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; 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: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Caeldrim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 sp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She wears her scarlet crest up. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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-sister.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Priest, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He usually wears his tan robe and has his dagger always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Zaffrab was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 130 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red crest. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His blue crest is heavily combed to the left. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Cartwright who has hired her part-time. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Werydd was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp).