Description: This woman is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has brown fur. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Crown-heir. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Spear reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

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

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vanchu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Vanchu alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Vanchu was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 2100 gp. Jade (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He carries with him a set of glaives, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His white fur is thinning but still full. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 220 pp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, he is not a threatening figure. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: Ribbles is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Ribbles enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. He carries a battered sai and tarnished longsword as well. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vanuath fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and black. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Purban was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Purban and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.