Description: A 4'2" southern woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, white shirt, and green tie. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. 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. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her long orange fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Shadow enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears just a violet suit. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. He wears his red hair down. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Laborer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has taken up work as a Laborer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He is content; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: PTSD, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp).