Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She wears her blue hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 290 gp. Coral (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Mason arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Assassin, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Assassin business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Assassin work with an outfit from a few towns over. Assassin work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Assassin job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Ekemon was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ekemon's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 130 gp.