Description: This late middle aged woman is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Ekk speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the east. A freak accident while working with his Engraver mother left him crippled. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 pp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Amber (160 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jet (160 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a yellow Stetson hat and yellow clothes. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Conrad lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Rolf alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Rolf was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Iolite (50 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Moonstone (50 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.

Description: This woman wears a green collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. Her ears are large.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. White opal (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Amber (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Raymond will drive conversation. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raymond lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moss agate (4 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Jade (110 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.