Description: She wears a green collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy red hair. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Akta was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Akta 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 obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 9000 gp. Black opal (1100 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Zircon (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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He usually wears his brown robe and has his morningstar always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Sard (20 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: This woman wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is still thick. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her first spouse was a Merchant, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 16000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). White pearl (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He wears his auburn hair up. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the west. Through the years after Eldon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Eldon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her gold crest is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Korinn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her first spouse was a Sage, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She struck the Barrister job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Jade (130 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Blue diamond (7000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).