Description: This southern woman tends to wear a large tan jacket. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Buvvie was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. White opal (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 pp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Ranala is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ranala took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up falchion and armor she uses now. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ranala was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and many gnolls want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp).

Description: An older man who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat, he is not a threatening figure. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Amber (110 gp). Sard (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tattered old clothes. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Shamash took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). White opal (400 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Sard (60 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His gold crest is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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, Arjhan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 pp. 1 Major magic item.