Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She takes great joy in being the best Seamstress in town.

History: Melissa lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Seamstress has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1200 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. He has no hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Mindartis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears just a white suit. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 3. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 12000 gp. Red garnet (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Coral (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe, and carries monstrous two handed axes. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Boddynock was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Boddynock's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Boddynock and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 pp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Robert was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Ghaliver was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.