Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Mialee lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 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.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Broce is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Broce fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1900 pp. Fire opal (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Gorbundus was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gorbundus's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red garnet (130 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Amber (130 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). White opal (1600 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.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Cockaby hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). White opal (600 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Sard (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears a colorful flower in his brass crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Sellsword, who enjoyed hunting, Greethen was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Sarah embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Tourmaline (80 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: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Caelynn was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Performer. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.