Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 gp. Sard (70 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Faral was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Human compassion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A 2'10" southern man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is brown and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Faran hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30000 cp. Banded agate (5 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates Dwarves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Taklinn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.