Description: She stands about 4'11" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Heather was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. White opal (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). White opal (500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman usually wears her brown robe and has her trident always slung over her shoulder. Her white fur is thinning but still full. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bowyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bowyer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of jet and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 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: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He takes great joy in being the best Mortician in town.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he usually wears his green robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. His bronze crest is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her cinnamon fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carpenter business.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Emerald never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: In love, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 pp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.