Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a worn and beaten armor. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Painter, her father struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, brown shirt, and black tie. Her lavender fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 pp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Coral (90 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 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 (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 3'8", this man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: He is a Yochlol in disguise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jasper (60 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Rose (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Philomena's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Philomena is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 gp.