Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aelar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Guard. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to protect her home

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She is a Doppelganger in disguise. Sariel abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'8" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Kellen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kellen decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Fletcher 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: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her red hair up. She has gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Nissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Jet (160 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: This woman wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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 was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and axes. She has golden hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the west. When Helen reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his copper crest up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tarhun grew up listening to his father's many stories. Through the years after Tarhun was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tarhun's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Buckler.