Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a blue coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Yebe was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Yebe decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He is a husky man, who likes to wear green tank tops with violet pants. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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 was born into a rich family. Therai was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Therai decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Amber (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a tan coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She has shaved her head bald. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Mialee was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Mialee was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barrister. She became a Barrister soon after.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 330 gp. Amber (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 110 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Dagnal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available she will default to her longsword. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy purple hair. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. A friendly and beautiful Tiefling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bune studied abroad. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This man is very fat, and is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.