Description: This tall, slender woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 3. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'10" and wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jet (60 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Golden pearl (60 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: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Painter uniform. His black crest is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Adrik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has slicked back blonde hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age her mother died while driving off some illithids. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in scythe use. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Drenna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 370 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Iados was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Iados decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue sapphire (700 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are white and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mortician. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Zepar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a green coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head, and is pretty ugly. His hair is cut close to his head. His white eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Tana was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.