Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Kali lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He wears a simple red robe with green stripes complete with hood. His tied-back hair is blonde. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nelkin was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is golden and very short. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 2'9" and wears bulky red painted plate armor. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with her Fortune-teller mother left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to protect her home

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp).