Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his white hair up. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stableman. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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, Mella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears a fancy white suit. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. Zircon (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She sports a flattop crest cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Kadana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 9000 sp. Red spinel (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). White opal (500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Yvonne speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. After coming to the age of reason, Yvonne took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.