Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Avice 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. Avice decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a Animal Trainer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hammers and nunchakus. She has slicked back red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ubada grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ubada. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2900 gp. Black opal (800 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Aelar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His brown fur is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amber (110 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jade (110 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).