Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but she was a colossal failure. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a large green jacket, and carries maces. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Being a Dyer 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: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 35000 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a Courier, his father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. She has moderate length black hair. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She has dyed her greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Osah speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Elizabeth was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Mortician, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10 pp.