Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Meriele hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Meriele grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Mialee hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (110 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. Her purple hair, when down, is lengthy. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fletcher and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 pp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. The war was a terrible time for him, and Halimath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Silk rope. 1 Good lock.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries a battered falchion and tarnished sword as well. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 900 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She has styled her purple hair well, parting it to the left. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Pyra was born the youngest of three triplets. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 330 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'4". He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. He has white hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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. Morkral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.