Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 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.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her scarlet crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Kava was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'2" and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barber but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Anne was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Jade (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Amber (150 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his black crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Bharash was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He became a Beggar soon after.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is dressed in an above average manner. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Banker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 pp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rose (50 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Amber (70 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. The war was a terrible time for him, and Elaim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born in the west. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Red spinel (160 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Sard (50 gp).