Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Brakka is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Brakka was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has moderate length silver hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Pelaios alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Pelaios was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears professional attire. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Marigold 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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 110 gp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He wears his blue hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Damakos lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and is pretty ugly. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: An older man who wears tattered old clothes, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He has moderate length scarlet crest. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With bright silver hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. He is an epitome of beauty. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Wiggens was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Silk rope.