Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. She has wavy red hair. She wears a mask on her face.

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. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Birel 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 Birel. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a Bounty Hunter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jet (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is red and curly. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

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. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries a battered sickle and tarnished bow as well. His hair is black and curly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He comes from a rich southern family. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Fargas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fargas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Glassblower and was forced into it by his family; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).