Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her brown hair is well kept. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting illithids, the young Criella began to lead the lost caravan. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Criella was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This northern man wears professional attire. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long black crest kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are red.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: This western man wears dull white sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. His clothes are grease stained in places. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Jet (150 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She usually wears her red robe and has her whip always slung over her shoulder. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a yellow tunic with black highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Onyx (30 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she's looking for her big break

Bonds: Job, Rich, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears bulky violet painted plate armor. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Jacoba is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1800 sp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has worked as a Cartwright like his father before him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.