Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Veloptima has worked very hard to control her curse. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears professional attire. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. This white eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her fur is cut close to her head. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Nimble was born the youngest of three triplets. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Gifted from a young age, Naeris studied abroad. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Naeris was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has dyed his greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Fragrant was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 900 pp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Coral (110 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Bhevek is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Bhevek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he's in love

Ideals: Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 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: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Sekhmet liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing her hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Jade (130 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Amber (130 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.