Description: This malnourished man likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Moon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 pp. Red spinel (50 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Coral (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Rose (70 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Amber (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Amber (50 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

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 to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 10000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has no hair. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Courier but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 16000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is chestnut and very short. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star ruby (1600 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black fur is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her childhood dream was to be a Beggar, but she was a colossal failure. 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. Moon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1100 pp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.