Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. With bright auburn hair. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Gurdis was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Darrak was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Born in the south to a Glassblower, Agatha learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 gp. Malachite (7 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This eastern man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jak grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tan collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Cynical, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man 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. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Uthemar was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Uthemar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp. Hematite (11 gp).

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy lavender fur. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Cloak was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Tabaxi Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born into a rich family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Roofer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family, Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.