Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. After coming to the age of reason, Xanaphia took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

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. Her childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but she was a colossal failure. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants, and carries halberds. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Whurdred grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 190 gp.