Description: This tall, slender woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is black and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 pp. Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With bright white hair. 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 not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Courier business.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Silgre learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Masseuse like his father before him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 15000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp).

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears dull brown sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Gilbert 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 was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her head has been shaved. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Sarai is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp).

Description: 4'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. 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; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Azurite (11 gp).