Description: She is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She has a hunchback. She wears her gold crest down. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with tan slacks. She has dyed her greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Smoky quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Tanner first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tanner. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: An older woman who very much looks the part of a Brewer, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Cumpen lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp).