Description: This tall, slender woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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. Jane fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40000 cp. Silver ewer (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp).