Description: This dark-skinned female wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Ahlyssa was born with her mother's beautiful face. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mialee was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a blue scarf. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Naal was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a performer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver pearl (150 gp).