Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Ella was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Roofer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her blonde hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She sports golden long hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the east. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Tawar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is physically well-built. His black crest, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Arjhan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 120 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).