Description: This northern woman has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Abalaba was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Merchant. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His brown hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gorfel does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Fortune-teller. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Shy, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears long strands of topaz and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Xappan was born with his father's beautiful face. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (120 gp).