Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Shadow enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shadow grew up listening to her father's many stories. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'1", this woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Oppah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sailor. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 gp. Citrine (60 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was taken from her home at a very young age. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear flannel. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great joy in being the best Engraver in town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Soveliss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.