Description: A 6'1" eastern woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has shaved her head bald. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Joan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: To protect her home; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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 in a small forest village. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is short and black. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Alex lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp).