Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Oriel will drive conversation. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the north. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 would like to get married and retire; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 38000 sp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this man dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. He wears his black crest down. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Trynnicus speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Trynnicus abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Coral (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Being a Dyer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Ella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Knight. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of a Shipwright, who enjoyed hunting, Dagnal was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 110 gp.