Description: He is lean but muscular and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Merihim hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merihim grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She takes great joy in being the best Weaver in town.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Weaver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears her silver hair up. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 120 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting illithids, the young Ghaliver began to lead the lost caravan. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 sp. Onyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.