Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her red hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Map Maker. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1100 pp. Canary diamond (7000 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp).

Description: This woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Whurdred does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 7000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his silver hair down. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tattered old clothes. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a black shirt, with a violet mid length skirt with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Creega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Creega lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Rose (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amber (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'8" northern woman, she wears long strands of jet and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Silent was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Silent's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1500 pp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by illithids. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jet (100 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Jade (100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Sard (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.