Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his black hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Thorpe reached his early adolescence his Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 11000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Verin is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 pp. White pearl (130 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 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: Runty and weak-looking, she dresses like a well dressed Dilettante does. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in the north to a Dilettante, Armara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: She wears just a tan suit, and she perpetually has her falchion ready. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Sard (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Emerald is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Nissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She got into the Barrister business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Baker, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Barrister job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blue crest is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Megren was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.