Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her red hair is well kept. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1600 gp. Peridot (20 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her orange fur is long and unkept. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white fur is thinning but still full. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Serpent's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 110 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: This woman wears a white costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Jillian embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Iados was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Iados was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.