Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her red hair is still thick. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10 pp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Thiala isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thiala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Orianna hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

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

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp.