Description: He is lean but muscular and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Halimath learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He struck the Courier job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Eye agate (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Coral (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He is physically well-built. His hair is brown and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Now he works as a painting tutor during his time off.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Reddlepop studied abroad. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Reddlepop never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Igden abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1500 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. The war was a terrible time for her, and Oriff does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has achieved small success as a Carter.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has auburn hair. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Agnes is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.