Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown broad hat and brown clothes. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Grai took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a violet shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and red pants. Her red hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Priest. She has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned female wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a longsword, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has wavy auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After months of barely getting by, Murgen managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Sard (30 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Rose (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Locksmith who has hired her part-time. 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: Geva was born the youngest of three triplets. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a green collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his blue crest in a flapper bob. He has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 28000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Fallond is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Disguise kit.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this western woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She has copper crest. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 16. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Akra is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). Sard (30 gp). Black opal (700 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears long strands of topaz and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His fur is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: Emerald speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Red spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.