Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Helja was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is short and red. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 pp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Jade (50 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: He wears a black shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his brass crest down. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Moonstone (30 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 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.

Description: This northern man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Emerald (1200 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.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has wavy blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1200 pp. Moonstone (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eldon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Through the years after Agnes was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Agnes's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.