Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Rael was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rael alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

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

Description: This man is tall and muscular. 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 red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her fur is cinnamon and very short. Her copper eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Black opal (700 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Jade (160 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, black cloak, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length chestnut hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Engong enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Engong lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black opal (1100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Gimble is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.