Description: Standing 3'4", this woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has wavy white hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Nyx hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 200 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Tiaathque never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: 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.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is long and red with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Job, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She got into the Butcher business at a young age. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length red hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Meriele 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. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 sp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a grey vest and prefers white and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nalral does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She takes great joy in being the best Ploughman in town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. She has worked as a Ploughman like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Azurite (8 gp).