Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. She carries a battered shortspear and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Melissa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Stylist, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mamnen grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner and is in decent physical shape. She wears a colorful flower in her lavender fur. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Ruler business at a young age. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She struck the Ruler job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20000 cp. Moonstone (70 gp).