Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Shax was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, green shirt, and white tie. She has cinnamon fur. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Tricking was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Jet (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). White opal (500 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blue hair is long and unkept. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Bellfounder, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She has achieved small success as a Jeweler.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 pp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her long green crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Doctor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Doctor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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. Thorpe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Doctor responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).