Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Fivin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Carter business.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Fivin was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Fivin decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a long, white cloak. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Assassin. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Marigold was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and pickaxes. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Pallabar will drive conversation. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 60 gp.