Description: Standing 3'4", this woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a sai on her belt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Veloptima is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Veloptima was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears long strands of emerald and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With wild red hair. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 31000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has worked as a Bricklayer like his father before him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).