Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he likes to wear violet tank tops with white pants. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. After a long history of fighting, Aerdeth and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jade (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 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: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and carries sais. His fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cloak speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 11000 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Cartwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: Human compassion; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1200 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Anne 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a violet costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). White opal (900 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Sard (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Amber (70 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.