Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a hunchback. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of shields, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His crest is white and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He got into the Bounty Hunter business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Unemployed, but he got bored and became a Bounty Hunter. He tends to his Bounty Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Amber (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in the west. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Being a Miller 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.