Description: This tall, slender man wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Erky lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She wears a white coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 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 small woman, but exceptionally fit. She dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. She has white eyes.

Personality: She is a Mortician first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'3". She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She has wavy silver hair. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor and is in decent physical shape. Her purple hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tiefling in existence. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard mother left her crippled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (13 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop fur cut. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Spring was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Miner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is blonde and very short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (6 gp).