Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tattered old clothes. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Deep green spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Jet (120 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her brown hair down. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 pp. Sard (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple white robe with green stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Animal Trainer mother left her crippled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp).

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Uraim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has moderate length brown hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. Her first spouse was a Fisher, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.