Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. His yellow fur is long and unkept. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Spring enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jet (120 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: He wears just a blue suit. His hair is auburn and curly. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. He has wavy auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2000 sp. Jet (150 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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 in the south. Sybil abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.