Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ermina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Ermina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Charles embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born into a rich family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small pastel hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat, and carries swords. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Diggory was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Diggory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.