Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her brass crest is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. A true patriot, Tim would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She wears a yellow coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head, and her gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the east. River was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Painter. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. River fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp.