Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She takes great joy in being the best Crown-heir in town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She tends to her Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears yellow trousers with grey and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a green coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and 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: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 340 pp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).