Description: She has a missing right leg. She tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Nicholas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. He carries a battered flail and tarnished shortbow as well. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'6" when asserting himself. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blonde hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Boddynock was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears professional attire. She has a very tight haircut. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Nalaed was born with her mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the north to a Miner, Megged learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. He's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 130 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tan vest and prefers yellow and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Mason, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Silk rope.