Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 310 gp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. He has no crest. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a Stableman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Osah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He keeps his gray fur in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 230 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is an amazing painter.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Sarah alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'10" when asserting herself. She wears a colorful flower in her yellow fur. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'7". He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull brown iron scale mail, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. He has red hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Paggen embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Paggen was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bilga grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp. Red spinel (150 gp).