Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 85. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Galiena abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Pearl alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Tharivol is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker red hat.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. In her youth she was a Bounty Hunter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She bought a halberd and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). White opal (400 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a large brown jacket. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sage for the past few years.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 9000 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born to a Unemployed, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Thiala alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Coral (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.