Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is portly but not overly obese. Her fur is cut close to her head. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Flame never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gaaki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sellsword and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 13000 gp. Amber (50 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Amber (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Rose (30 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 14000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Actor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Rich, Slave, Family. Occupation: Actor

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

Possessions: 800 pp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and carries quarterstaffs. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Aramil was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He struck the Sage job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.