Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is greedy; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Thiala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Thiala was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Server, but she got bored and became a Ruler. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Server again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Scribe kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. With wild blonde hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Actor; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Hadarai is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Hadarai was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 sp. Zircon (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Thunderstones. 4 Holy water.

Description: She wears a violet costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 16000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears yellow trousers with violet and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel 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 has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ernest fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.