Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are white.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Armorer who has hired her part-time. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a very tight haircut. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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, Neega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy golden hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 pp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), marred by sweets. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gomory was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man very much looks the part of a Sage. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gifted student he started as a Mercenary, but he got bored and became a Sage. He struck the Sage job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp).