Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has wavy blonde hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is silver and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Gifted from a young age, Antinua studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 9000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. His eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shadow will drive conversation. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Shadow was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult; and to be a fisher again

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Sard (60 gp). Amber (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Jade (70 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She prefers to wear flannel. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Left-Handed has worked very hard to control her curse. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Keth studied abroad. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Keth was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hatae studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Hatae took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Hatae never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear grey tank tops with brown pants. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Cory was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Jade (100 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.