Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Naal was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Map Maker. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. Jet (60 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Armorer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in the south to a Armorer, Yevelda learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Tanner, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Armorer soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp).

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Emma took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up pickaxe and armor she uses now. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Fisher responsibilities is difficult; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man wears a white armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He has no hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Bagga grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Bagga. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is black and very short. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. 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: Unvera was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Coral (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gennal hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He got into the Stylist business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stylist. He tends to his Stylist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is cut short. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents enrolled her in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardnab fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Minor magic item.