Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. She has a very tight haircut. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Star ruby (400 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the east. His childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but he was a colossal failure. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Terse, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his brown hair up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bellfounder. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears long strands of amber and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak. He is physically well-built. He has no crest. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He got into the Navigator business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 7000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'11" northern woman, she wears bulky brown painted plate armor. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Vezera was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 12000 sp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.