Description: This late middle aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress) and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Jet (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Amber (50 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. Her red hair is still thick. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Stableman. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Criella studied abroad. She worked as a nervous Stableman and found it very stressful. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rose (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Burto fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. White pearl (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Jade (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Coral (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in earthy colors with a red and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is cut short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. After a long history of fighting, Stacee and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Blue quartz (5 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nella isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). White opal (800 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, yellow shirt, and black tie. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Duvamil hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a baker again

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His copper crest is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ghesh embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ghesh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Ghesh and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.