Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Terse, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 9000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Geva hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Geva was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amber (50 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Emerald (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a hunchback. His black hair is lengthy. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Debt. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Black pearl (1600 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Panana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has green eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Jade (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Coral (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She wears her silver hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Valida was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Valida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.