Description: This eastern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Akta grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 pp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Eye agate (7 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: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With wild silver hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

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. A freak accident while working with her Miner mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alberich studied abroad. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp. Hematite (11 gp). 8 Acid flasks.

Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This malnourished man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His crest is brass and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tanner and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman wears long strands of aquamarine and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Coral (100 gp).

Description: She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of maces on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a violet Stetson hat and violet clothes. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. Being a Mason kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She got into the Stylist business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.