Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When Mâku reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (50 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Amber (160 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Seddit alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Seddit was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. She has a very tight haircut. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 pp. Jasper (20 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Coral (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Jade (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He has brown eyes and a tan hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Carpenter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of pickaxes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 pp. Fire opal (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, marred by teas. Her silver hair is well kept. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Ootah alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Ootah was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of scimitars, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geva fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jade (90 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Jade (90 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Coral (90 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.