Description: This southern woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are silver and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Bune speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Bune has worked very hard to control her curse. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of greatswords, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has shaved her head bald. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Lorilla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Lorilla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a colorful flower in her beige fur. Her eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bellfounder. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rich purple corundum (1000 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. She has styled her white crest well, parting it to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Chassath was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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 feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 350 pp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His fur is short and brown. 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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born in a small plains village. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (5 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Courier uniform. His blue crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Nykkan was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1600 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a large blue jacket, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. She is an epitome of beauty. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Oda hails from a village terrorized by brigands. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Greedy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp).