Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is an amazing painter.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Galinndan embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: Galinndan was born the youngest of three triplets. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Barrister again; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Georgina was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a simple blue robe with pastel stripes complete with hood, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Mella never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bowyer. She is physically well-built. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Naamah was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Obsidian (5 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Solomon studied abroad. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Carter, but she got bored and became a Body Guard. She has worked as a Body Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 180 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Half-Plate.