Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ella was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Ella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 sp. Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this western woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her tied-back hair is white. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Being a Interpreter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alston does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 47000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'3". He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. He has moderate length gold crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Kiirith was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Hirrathak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Baker, but he got bored and became a Fortune-teller. He struck the Fortune-teller job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Architect mother left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. 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 was born into a rich family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.