Description: A middle-aged man, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Clerebold abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Matilda hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Matilda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (110 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and carries morningstars. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Giselle lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and brown tie. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a stableman and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 gp.