Description: This slender man stands about 4'1". He wears dull brown sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greataxe, just in case. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a white scarf. He wears his red fur down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Windy fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries kukris. Her blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 250 pp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. He has copper eyes and a pastel hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Art was born the youngest of three triplets. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: An older woman who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Eran lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and doesn't want to be a fortune-teller and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Coral (80 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Amber (80 gp).