Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. She wears a colorful flower in her silver crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her tan robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. She has black hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Lorilla was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and blue tie. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His auburn hair is lengthy. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Justin was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 160 gp. Sard (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has silver hair. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: Adelard was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Half-Plate.