Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Shax hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Shax was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a fancy violet suit. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 71. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. To her fellows she 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: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. He has wavy auburn hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Calcitro's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.