Description: Standing 3'3", this woman wears skinny pants and wears a blue and brown robe with the hood down. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Nissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She struck the Spice Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 pp. White pearl (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Sard (70 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Racist. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tomph studied abroad. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Jade (80 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'1" and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with white slacks. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright auburn hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Fallthra 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 illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'0". He wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf, and his gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Sheggen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red garnet (40 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an entirely pastel suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has dyed his greying lavender fur a little too much giving a sharp lavender color. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Shifting 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 has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (10000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears grey trousers with tan and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, marred by teas. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).