Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A true patriot, Kithri would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Coral (100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Coral (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Sard (80 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Iolite (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a hunchback. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dain will drive conversation. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Dain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Dain abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Jet (50 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. Her beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Jade was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a brown collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a hunchback. She has wavy golden hair. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Ermina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His fur is red and curly. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Kite is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Butcher father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. His black crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was born in the west. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Amber (160 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.