Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nalaed isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born into a rich family. A freak accident while working with her Weaver father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Star ruby (400 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She sports a flattop hair cut. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Elysande is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She worked as a nervous Baker and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Ilga was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Ellywick speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat, marred by chocolates. She has blonde hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Average lock. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 80. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.