Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Quespa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Debt. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).

Description: He wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and white pants. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Baern 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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He likes to wear red tank tops with black pants. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her first spouse was a Healer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and doesn't want to be a sculptor and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 8000 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Sard (50 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Jet (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers white and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Tagga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.