Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's in love

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1100 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears black trousers with grey and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Therai has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 10000 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Sard (40 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Amber (130 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has done her best to style her cinnamon fur to look like a famous performer. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Navigator profession.

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. Spear abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Oppleby lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Herbalist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 pp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: She wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She is content; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (9000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.