Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This dark-skinned female tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 150 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Priest father left him crippled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Odo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Bolhild was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Banker, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has chestnut hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He wears his brown hair up. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Aelar hails from a village terrorized by drow. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished kukri as well. His hair is black and very short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The war was a terrible time for him, and Borgu does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Borgu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Borgu was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Borgu's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.