Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is short and blonde. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Shautha was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shautha decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Shautha was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (8 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her tied-back hair is red. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Helja is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She tends to her Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and human compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Berrian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Berrian was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carter. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a hunchback. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Galiena and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 160 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and scimitars. He wears his black hair up. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Thamior lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in the south to a Herbalist, Gerald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Addict, Selfish, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He wears a red coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Healer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: 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.

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 pp.