Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a club on her belt. Her blue crest is smooth and relatively long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear brown tank tops with red skirt. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Whurdred was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 26000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on her left side. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a mace on his belt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His head has been shaved. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).