Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'7" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Human culture. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and human compassion

Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 cp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: He wears a white armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He is physically well-built. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He has violet eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Ruler. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he has a crush on the local ruler

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.