Description: She wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kallista grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kallista. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and yellow handkerchief worn on his left side, and carries shortspears. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the west to a Performer, Shane learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. One day when Shane was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Shane was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Yurk lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a jeweler and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears skinny pants and wears a green and red robe with the hood down. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Courier like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Courier. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Efferil was born the youngest of three triplets. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a violet shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born in the west. Her first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.