Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a Gardener, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her fur is cut close to her head. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is cut short. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

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. When Dara reached her early adolescence her Elf mother 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born in the north. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a green and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His bronze crest is still thick. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Herbalist. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on her right side, and carries flails. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her ears are large.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: The child of a Barrister, who enjoyed hunting, Artin was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Artin took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up glaive and armor she uses now. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This copper eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. During her travels, Shivering and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Shivering discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Shivering fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy red hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Gifted from a young age, Wella studied abroad. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 210 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).