Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 26000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, green cloak. His crest is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Kiirith is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Baker. 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: Dwarven compassion; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Azurite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Courier, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His white hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has a hunchback. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Habor was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Habor's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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 cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2200 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with violet slacks. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a fancy black dress. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Coral (120 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.