Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Nella was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Masseuse. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is typically in his Masseuse uniform. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears professional attire. With bright white hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Traulam abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Selfish, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a Healer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 pp. Amethyst (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Jade (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and brown pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Helen never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Coral (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Amber (160 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Cartwright first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his glaive with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is lengthy. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. A true patriot, Gilthur would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 9000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.