Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Banker. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Banker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Tim was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 Ruler. He's also a talented Architect, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ruler and was forced into it by his family; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Jade (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'6" and muscular, this northern man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He keeps his orange fur in a pixie cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for him, and Spring does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jet (150 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Amber (150 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with violet slacks. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 pp. Star ruby (1400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Coral (160 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 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: His religion dominates his actions; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He wears his black hair down. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Stannor was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Flak 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 bought a axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 900 pp. Black pearl (700 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.