Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a green scarf. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She has wavy silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears tattered old clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 18000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and carries maces. She keeps her bronze crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Nuthra was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nuthra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp.

Description: This eastern woman wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Navigator, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Cynical, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.