Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a large white jacket. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2300 sp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts, marred by sweets. His head has been shaved. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tan shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them and is in decent physical shape. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quarion is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born in the north. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp).

Description: He wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nicholas studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. He became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. His green crest is still thick. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Norkruuth hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.