Description: This man stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

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

Possessions: 700 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her fur is black and curly. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2300 gp. Amber (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Jacinth (5000 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the south to a Actor, Cairn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He became a Actor soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Actor

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

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a green and blue robe with the hood down. Her crest is blue and curly. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Naal was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. Jet (60 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, marred by teas. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 worked as a Bellfounder like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 10000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He keeps his scarlet crest in a flapper bob. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Raer enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Raer was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Jet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: This northern woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Herbalist but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her first spouse was a Blacksmith, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 320 gp.