Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Surina was taken on many hunting expeditions. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Family, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brown hair is still thick. Her ears are large.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jet (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Emerald (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His white fur is long and unkept. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He bought a axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age his mother died while driving off some drow. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in scythe use. He has achieved small success as a Carpenter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1200 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Nicor lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Jade (150 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).