Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is silver and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 32. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Priest for hire.

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 unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Amber (70 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses like a well dressed Spice Merchant does. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Nurkara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Amber (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tattered old clothes. His black hair is cut short. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 pp. Red spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Amber (100 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Amber (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Black opal (1400 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 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.

Description: He stands about 4'3" and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jade (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Barbena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tan vest and prefers red and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Sard (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Jet (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Rose (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). 1 Major magic item.