Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, 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 wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length white crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cartwright. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear flannel. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in a small plains village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Chenna took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a green tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and carries spears. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lilith grew up listening to her father's many stories. She worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1500 sp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of a Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Dreali was taken on many hunting expeditions. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and black robe with the hood down. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Richard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Farmer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'8" and wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is green and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He got into the Architect business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Architect and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.