Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a red vest and prefers white and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has brown hair. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. A true patriot, Pearl would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 19000 cp. Emerald (1000 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a glaive, but if one is not available he will default to his pickaxe, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Iolite (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt and is in decent physical shape. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He got into the Fisher business at a young age. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Crown-heir; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His black hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Sailor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Sailor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military, In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Holy water.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nagrette was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Nagrette never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting illithids, the young Randal began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 27000 sp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp).