Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His white crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. To his fellows he 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 12000 sp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Jade (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Anastrianna was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Carter. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is golden and very short. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She got into the Ruler business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 19000 sp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a simple green robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bune is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Bune lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bune was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bune decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).