Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears long strands of emerald and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Theren isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dilettante arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 13000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 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 wears a blue costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Buvvie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her long black fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Drifting was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Drifting was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Tordek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Gardener mother left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy copper crest. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a hunchback. He has no crest. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 50 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses like a well dressed Shipwright does. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Balifra was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. Her red hair is lengthy. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.