Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the south to a Tanner, Ahvain learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Ahvain was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Ahvain's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: To be a Sculptor again; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Kansif liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has slicked back black hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a large red jacket and is in decent physical shape. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 sp.