Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arnold fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a simple white robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop hair cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. 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 expand her business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Citrine (30 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. Her purple hair is heavily combed to the right. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: Kasdeya speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bowyer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a Courier first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Uadjit was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She tends to her Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by sweets. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Justin 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 uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Mortician, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available she will default to her halberd. Her white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

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. He 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 pp.