Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Birel hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting illithids, the young Birel began to lead the lost caravan. She has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright pastel dresses and hats. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a Tanner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Art 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 likes to wear blue tank tops with grey skirt. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. With bright silver hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the west to a Assassin, Valida learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 170 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a violet shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. He has moderate length white hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He takes great joy in being the best Bather in town.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. He wears a colorful flower in his white fur. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A freak accident while working with his Performer mother left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2100 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Carnelian (50 gp).