Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has brown hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to unite with her brother

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Anthony was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a club on her belt. Her orange fur is braided into rings. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Harvest enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Alice 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 would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and to protect her home

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2900 sp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker violet hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. A true patriot, John would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. John was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Pikar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears white trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 380 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Peridot (80 gp).