Description: This woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is purple and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Nija hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nija was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman likes to wear brown tank tops with pastel skirt. She wears a colorful flower in her brown fur. Her eyes are likewise yellow. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 16000 gp. Fire opal (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. She has styled her silver crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. She has achieved small success as a Banker.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 pp. Obsidian (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. 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 has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When Stannor reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jet (160 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Sard (50 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and green robe with the hood down. He is portly but not overly obese. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Aerdeth hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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, Callybon is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. She struck the Blacksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, white cloak. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scythe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.