Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has wavy silver crest. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She tends to her Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Coral (120 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His crest, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he very much looks the part of a Healer. His white hair is lengthy. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to be a glassblower again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her red fur is greasy and uncared for. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is an amazing painter.

History: Smoking was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warrior, 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 Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1500 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). White opal (400 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nithther was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and balancing his hectic life and new cook responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 51. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Guy was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 42000 sp.