Description: An older woman who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Knight arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Amber (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male likes to wear brown tank tops with grey pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Anselm enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Fire opal (800 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: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has done her best to style her red crest to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arava studied abroad. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Sage, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Azurite (16 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: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born in the south. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Merchant.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and someone believes him a fraud

Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1900 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing, and carries rapiers. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Theriatis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Nuraval was born with his father's beautiful face. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Fisher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Coral (40 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'10". He has the majority of his body covered in plate, and his gloved hand is found clutching a axe. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).