Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Rose (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a great chef.

History: She got into the Interpreter business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull white iron scale mail. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aerdeth studied abroad. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Baelitae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Priest. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Dyer uniform. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the north to a Dyer, Baern learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.