Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Barbena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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: A deep hatred of illithids; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is golden and curly. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1200 pp. Moss agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Jet (110 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears long strands of opal and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is silver and curly. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Wiggan hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Brewer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears dull grey sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. Her auburn hair is well kept. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Coral (120 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and green tie. She wears her blonde hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).