Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She wears her white hair down. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heather was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His white hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered red hat.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. William fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her red hair down. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Average lock. 1 Average lock. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Apothecary and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.