Description: This malnourished man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. He has gold crest. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shamash isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dragonborn unity. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, In love, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 pp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jade (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has no fur. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Gale hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 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 (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's in love; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Military, In love. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Jade (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man wears a tan vest and prefers brown and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Umpen abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 pp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Amber (50 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she has a crush on the local fisher

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 pp. 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: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She keeps her gold crest in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Daar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Amber (40 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.