Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. His gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Qemuel hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his youth he was a Scribe, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3200 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Menny speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Menny learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has worked as a Soapmaker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her gray fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is an amazing painter.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports pastel clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His beige fur is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Jarsali was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Apothecary. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his axe ready. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geoffrey fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). 2 Antitoxin. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Holy water.