Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Aramil was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 60 pp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and a wedding ring on her right hand. With bright blonde hair. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Andry hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Gardener father left her crippled. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She wears her purple hair down. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Rael was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Priest. He's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her red crest is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She tends to her Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Passionate, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Elama liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1400 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Marbas was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Marbas was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.