Description: She tends to wear a large red jacket. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paela grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Cynical, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 9000 gp. Emerald (400 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Jet (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Morkral hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Morkral alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His red eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thamuz grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 6'0" eastern man, he dresses like a well dressed Assassin does. He has done his best to style his brown fur to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Cloak was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He became a Assassin soon after.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1800 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 9000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Coral (50 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Jet (50 gp). Iolite (60 gp). White pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Richard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Richard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman wears long strands of ruby and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Dara was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dara's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rose (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.