Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tiaathque was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears professional attire. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Oppleby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Oppleby was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Stableman. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Werydd was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears skinny pants and wears a violet and brown robe with the hood down. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Joan is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Joan was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Shipwright. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Frederick grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. Her red crest is braided into rings. She has gold eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her first spouse was a Mason, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Engraver, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She sports chestnut long hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Soapmaker. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is short and blonde. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Hematite (7 gp).