Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Astaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Eloise lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eloise 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 Eloise. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Slave Trader. His chestnut hair is still thick. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Dyer again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Now he works as a singing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 sp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Whurbin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and tan handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears her red hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Isabella was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.