Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has moderate length orange fur. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Left-Handed studied abroad. A gifted student she started as a Ruler, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the west. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Halander and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His blonde hair is cut short. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Monk school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears just a blue suit. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: He was born into a rich family. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, In love. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Slave Trader. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dean was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has blonde hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Dimble speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student he started as a Layabout, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears blue trousers with black and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

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. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Lamlis never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2400 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).