Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp. Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Bendoo will drive conversation. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Bendoo lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born into a rich family. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. She carries with her a set of daggers on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is red and curly. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

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. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Anne alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Good lock.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is typically in her Layabout uniform. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Andraste's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Andraste enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on her left side. She has a very tight haircut. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. After coming to the age of reason, Akta took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 cp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of sapphire and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Azza was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Breastplate.