Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her feathered red hat.

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 cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on her right side. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

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

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed pastel hat.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Heward hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting illithids, the young Heward began to lead the lost caravan. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2000 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp).