Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She likes to wear grey tank tops with tan skirt. She has a hunchback. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: Barbena hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She takes great joy in being the best Layabout in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She's also a talented Marshal, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Panana was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Rock crystal (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.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He has wavy purple hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Chem hails from a village terrorized by drow. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (16 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Coral (90 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is dressed in an above average manner. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is cut close to his head. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 comes from a rich northern family. Aerdeth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Amber (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Courier for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1600 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Jade (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Eran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Eran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Sard (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.