Description: This woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She has wavy blue hair. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shax studied abroad. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His lavender fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Nimble liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She carries with her a set of pickaxes, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has red hair. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Ronobe alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She carries a battered lance and tarnished spear as well. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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, Eloise is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Eloise was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She 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. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Amber (100 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.