Description: A 6'1" western woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Gesrethe's homeland. Gesrethe decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing a long, black cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Sarah abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3200 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. His lavender fur is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Tree lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Antitoxin. 6 Acid flasks. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1500 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sailor and is in decent physical shape. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Brewer; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears silk and lounges about seductively. His white hair is thinning but still full. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Ivellios was born with his father's beautiful face. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ivellios has worked very hard to control his curse. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

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

Possessions: 2200 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.