Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. Irann was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Weaver. 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: Revenge; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cumpen grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears brown trousers with black and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bellfounder. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Bellfounder arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has worked as a Bellfounder like her father before her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his red fur. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Shadow lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bookbinder, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his blue hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 sp. Eye agate (12 gp).

Description: A 4'7" southern man, he wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. His black hair is long and unkept. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he has a crush on the local bellfounder

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A 6'7" western woman, she wears baggy green pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her green crest is still thick. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and 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

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. Her chestnut hair is still thick. This black eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. The war was a terrible time for her, and Akta does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 350 gp.