Description: This woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy black hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Xanaphia grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gifted student she started as a Merchant, but she got bored and became a Assassin. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2400 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in a small forest village. When Adelaide reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Architect does. She has blonde hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gifted student she started as a Sailor, but she got bored and became a Architect. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To be a Sailor again.

Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Jade (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Courier. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His long white fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the south to a Bather, Serpent learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He tends to his Bather job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson green hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Heward was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heward's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Heward was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 150 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries a battered halberd and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Glassblower. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Glassblower for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp).