Description: This southern man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 pp. Azurite (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. She has moderate length brass crest. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has worked as a Sailor like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sailor responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her auburn hair up. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Carlin is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She usually wears her grey robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Helen was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has achieved small success as a Butcher.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and many illithids want her driven away

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 gp. Emerald (900 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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: Dustin was born with his father's beautiful face. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. After a long history of fighting, Dustin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Addict, Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 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.