Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has a very tight haircut. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head and is in decent physical shape. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: She was raised in a plains tribe. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and tridents. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Golden pearl (160 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Dagnal is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. 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: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Balimaar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mason arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver ewer (70 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and carries bastard swords. Her hair is blonde and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arara will drive conversation. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.