Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is an epitome of beauty. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ielenia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is gold and curly. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a tan collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Eldon enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Eldon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and morningstars. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ribbles was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ribbles decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Bellfounder kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 370 pp. Hematite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a large white jacket. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Gaaki speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gaaki was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 pp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).