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 typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Tree was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dyer. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Vadania was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her childhood dream was to be a Guard, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Blacksmith for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 270 pp. Obsidian (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her blonde hair up. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Sage father left her crippled. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and balancing her hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Salanop alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Salanop was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears black trousers with pastel and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.