Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears baggy grey pantaloons and a brown scarf, and is pretty ugly. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his black hair down. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Wobbles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carpenter for hire.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 16000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tûmûg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Priest for hire.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. Sard (70 gp).

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has red hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Panana lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Jeweler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Sculptor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a sculptor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 sp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. She keeps her gray fur in a flapper bob. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 Architect. She struck the Architect job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 140 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Jet (60 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.