Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Grûblik was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has a crush on the local cartwright

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire. Her black hair is well kept. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Dyer, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 12000 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Coral (150 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Coral (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her tied-back hair is black. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Therlin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: He wears dull grey sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sword, just in case. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Carpenter who has hired him part-time. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'11". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing, and her gloved hand is found clutching a falchion. She keeps her black fur in a flapper bob. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a great chef.

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 moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To protect her home; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue sapphire (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Jade (120 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Amber (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Jade (120 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.