Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Artin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Artin was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is white and curly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He wears his chestnut hair up. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He refers to his adoptive father 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 was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He wears a fancy red suit. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Curran grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Curran. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear black tank tops with brown pants. His red hair is knotted and matted. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).