Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a axe on his belt. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Painter, Meriele learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a large black jacket. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a large red jacket. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 sp.