Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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 on a small isolated farm. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver ewer (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 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 (70 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has dyed his greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jet (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Emerald (1400 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.

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Roofer. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Salanop was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job, In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 10000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Healer, her father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp).