Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her first spouse was a Bounty Hunter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a grey shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. 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. Jacoba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Millicent will drive conversation. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).