Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and rapiers. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born into a rich family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her red crest is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She tends to her Knight job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30000 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black crest is long and unkept. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Shamash never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is blonde and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Chaedi lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Lazy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (8 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull violet iron scale mail. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1100 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Zircon (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'1". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Ilde alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).