Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears baggy red pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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 family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, PTSD. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 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 a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His hair is short and dark red. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Marbas hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears silk and lounges about seductively, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 160 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She got into the Server business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Trym grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Trym. She tends to her Server job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

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. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 cp. Amber (70 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a black shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With wild silver hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Ekk has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green.

Personality: Qualen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears professional attire. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gifted from a young age, Miles studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Miles took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. Azurite (8 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Peridot (60 gp).