Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a green shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. He has dyed his greying blue crest a little too much giving a sharp blue color. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has red eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). White opal (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Jet (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Amber (140 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Helja took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up warhammer and armor she uses now. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 15000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Rose (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is obsessed with her god.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 23000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is typically in her Mortician uniform. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Mortician. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Jet (160 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and balancing her hectic life and new merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.