Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She usually wears her white robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She has a hunchback. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 4'2" western man, he wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bowyer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has achieved small success as a Bowyer.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, In love, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries falchions. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. In his youth he was a Mason, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Rimmon abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Black pearl (1500 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.