Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. With wild auburn hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Marigold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her dark red hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in the south. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. She has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His head has been shaved. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 23. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Engraver business.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.