Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears baggy tan pantaloons and a grey scarf. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Enialis hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Enialis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Yurgunn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has moderate length brass crest. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Chassath was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Chassath decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He tends to his Map Maker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 cp. Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Paggen was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'4". He wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a hammer. He has moderate length red hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Orthog 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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40 pp.