Description: Standing 4'9", this woman dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 180 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She has slicked back black hair. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Meriele abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 pp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Torgga fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Gynnie was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His hair is short and white. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a hunchback. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Ahinar is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.