Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He dresses like a well dressed Marshal does. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Bilbron hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Further expansion of business; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Peridot (50 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in the south. Seraphina liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears an entirely grey suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Nurkara is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Courier. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Jasmine hails from a village terrorized by orcs. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to be a bellfounder again

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.