Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tan collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He carries a battered sickle and tarnished axe as well. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Dabbledob 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 very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dabbledob grew up listening to his father's many stories. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Dabbledob alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Being a Shoemaker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 pp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Sard (70 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Caeldrim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Caeldrim was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Caeldrim decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, and is pretty ugly. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are red.

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 lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Courier like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Good lock. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Spyglass.

Description: This woman wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Verin hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a white tunic with yellow highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her brown hair up. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She is a Lycanthrope in disguise. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.