Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: A 3'10" eastern woman, she wears a simple grey robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. Her hair is short and white. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Amber (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a green top hat and green clothes. Her hair is purple and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the west. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 gp. White opal (700 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an entirely pastel suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has worked as a Laborer like her father before her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is bronze and curly. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Pandjed hails from a village terrorized by goblins. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 7000 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.