Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She usually wears her white robe and has her kukri always slung over her shoulder. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Creega was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Coral (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates brigands. 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 loving parents in a slum to the south. A freak accident while working with her Adventurer mother left her crippled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Amber (130 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Jade (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Sard (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Sard (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright white hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a warhammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her hair is white and curly. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Jarana was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Blacksmith, but she was a colossal failure. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 pp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White opal (500 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She struck the Masseuse job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Amber (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a grey collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a Apothecary, her father struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.