Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her childhood dream was to be a Sailor, but she was a colossal failure. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a black collared shirt and yellow pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears his red hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He is a Succubi in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Soapmaker, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He worked as a nervous Soapmaker and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stylist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Seamstress, but he got bored and became a Stylist. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 Cartwright. She has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: To be a Miner again; and doesn't want to be a cartwright and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and pastel tie. She is portly but not overly obese. She has white hair. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Butcher. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Farideh was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Farideh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears an entirely blue suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Adventurer for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.