Description: She is lean but muscular and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Ekk is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is typically in his Stableman uniform. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears just a violet suit. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair is well kept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gifted student she started as a Tanner, but she got bored and became a Adventurer. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Slave, Job, In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 700 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Duvamil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Duvamil liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Harbek was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Spy job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 sp. Azurite (13 gp).