Description: This slender woman stands about 3'0". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Vani hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Jet (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Sard (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Emerald (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

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

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears an entirely white suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her head has been shaved. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Engong grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Engong. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her whip, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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 was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, In love, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears tattered old clothes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His red crest is braided into rings. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 sp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).