Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1900 pp. Amethyst (110 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Ielenia is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black opal (400 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. His red hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Tod was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple tan robe with black stripes complete with hood. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Laucian is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Laucian took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up dagger and armor he uses now. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.