Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is still thick. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Mara hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a black vest and prefers yellow and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her purple hair is heavily combed to the right. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This light-skinned male dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with violet slacks. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his grey robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Miner like his father before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to be a adventurer again

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).