Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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: Enidda hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. After a long history of fighting, Enidda and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: 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; and many brigands want her driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: A 3'2" northern man, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is short and white. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western man is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, blue shirt, and grey tie. His clothes are grease stained in places. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Mehen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Mehen was born with his father's beautiful face. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'8" when asserting herself. With bright red hair. She has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Matilda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Chalcedony (40 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Azurite (12 gp).

Description: She wears a green collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her dark red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has silver eyes and a green hat with a red feather.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Decarabia was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Jet (90 gp).

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Military, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.