Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a simple violet robe with black stripes complete with hood. His hair is short and golden. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'11" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He married young, but lost his spouse to illithids. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cook they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Junk Dealer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amethyst (140 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Savaran speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. A true patriot, Savaran would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'2" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has a very tight haircut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

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: Jak was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive 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. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A true patriot, Lavinia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Lavinia was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.