Description: She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Weaver profession.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Lia was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Malachite (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears his red hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Citrine (30 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She uses divination through singing.

History: Engong was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Server. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Server.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new server responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Job, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Iolite (70 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'11" when asserting himself. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available she will default to her glaive. She has a very tight haircut. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. A true patriot, Cumpen would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

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 always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has wavy silver crest. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Hobart was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'6". He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with black slacks, and his gloved hand is found clutching a greatsword. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are violet and beady.

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. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eberdeb grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eberdeb. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp.