Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is physically well-built. She wears her black hair up. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Unemployed who has hired her part-time. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Barrister, her father struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Unemployed and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Barrister. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1400 sp. Malachite (16 gp). 1 Crowbar. 1 Silk rope. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mercenary. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. She has blue eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Blossom's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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 born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This western woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. A true patriot, Ekk would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Brug lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Fistula was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vanchu was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Vanchu alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Vanchu 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; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2100 gp. Jade (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of opal and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing a long, green cloak, and is pretty ugly. His brass crest is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fortune-teller profession.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.