Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Rock crystal (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Jade (100 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jet (100 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). White opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a pastel suit, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. He keeps his brown fur in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 10000 gp. Canary diamond (8000 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Tiaathque speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the south to a Masseuse, Tiaathque learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2800 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). Jet (40 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Coral (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Amber (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Jade (40 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a Painter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). White opal (800 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1600 pp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Coral (90 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Interpreter. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Expand her business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 pp. Rose (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Coral (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Jet (130 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Coral (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Jade (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Senteq was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Map Maker, but he was a colossal failure. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and to be a map maker again

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1400 pp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Amber (90 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.