Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Drenna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely white suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses like a well dressed Body Guard does. She has slicked back brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Eida was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has red crest. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 pp. Red spinel (120 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: A 5'0" northern woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.