Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective and is in decent physical shape. Her head has been shaved. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Navigator profession.

History: Thiala lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'2" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is still thick. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Silver pearl (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Flaws: Cynical, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. His hair is golden and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 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.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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 gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thradal 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.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Jade (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sard (40 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born in the north. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. After a long history of fighting, Ahvain and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Insane, Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.