Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 97. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 pp. Azurite (4 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gildmak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Gildmak was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 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.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and she perpetually has her kukri ready. She has wavy blonde hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her childhood dream was to be a Healer, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1300 pp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Amber (50 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Coral (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: Ethereal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her brown fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Drifting embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Drifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Mason, but she got bored and became a Bowyer. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bowyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Silvo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Sard (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.