Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sickle on her belt. She wears her black crest down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. 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: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. She is an epitome of beauty. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Phann 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 Phann. Being a Performer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 pp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy purple hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nija isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 26000 sp. Peridot (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She wears a colorful flower in her cinnamon fur. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born in the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a Mortician first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Kava was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Kava decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has worked as a Mortician like her father before her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a white collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Body Guard business.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and is pretty ugly. He wears his gray fur down. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Ethereal was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2200 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His hair is brown and curly. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Pallabar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Herbalist like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again; and balancing his hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.