Description: A middle-aged woman, she typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. She has shaved her head bald. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Pearl wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Guard, her father struggled to pay the bills. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Through the years after Ethereal was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ethereal's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Ethereal and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his spear. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bruz isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He takes great joy in being the best Tailor in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bruz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a hunchback. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 45. 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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

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

History: Born to a Slave Trader, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). White pearl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has brass crest. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'7" western man, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born into a rich family. Kipper liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Amber (130 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). White opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.