Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the right. Her silver eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. At a young age her mother died while driving off some dire rats. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in lance use. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Vaina was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Ida learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and is pretty ugly. His tied-back hair is black. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Alvyn wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. With bright blonde hair. 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: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Elizabeth was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears dull blue sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.