Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, marred by teas. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His ears are large.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Full Plate.

Description: She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her lavender fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Spear grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Spear abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'7" and wears a yellow coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. 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: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is typically in her Unemployed uniform, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Sage, but she got bored and became a Unemployed. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

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 obsessed with her god.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Elven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Elven doctor. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. With bright white hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. A true patriot, Nella would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fletcher they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Armorer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp).