Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears professional attire. Her hair is short and red. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Helja was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Tûgog was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Unemployed, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso, and she perpetually has her pickaxe ready. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Tawar is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tawar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor. His lavender fur is singed and shortened. He has yellow eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Sard (50 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: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Insane, Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her white hair up. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears green trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. A friendly and beautiful Dragonborn, 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 in the north. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern man is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Job, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.