Description: This late middle aged woman dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is chestnut and curly. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Azurite (6 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His hair is silver and curly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He struck the Priest job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a black scarf. She wears her black fur down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Smoking was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy brown hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Barendd was born the youngest of three triplets. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

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. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Ghash took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her golden hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the south to a Apothecary, Greeba learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Mercenary, but she got bored and became a Apothecary. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Aquamarine (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Jade (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Bloodstone (70 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: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).