Description: This woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. A true patriot, Lia would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp. Coral (80 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has shaved her head bald. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Scribe first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a Sage, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Sheggen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Sheggen was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her black fur is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

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. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Gifted, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Beggar. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Beggar and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: He wears a white costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He worked as a nervous Mayor and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Onyx (30 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice, Athletic. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the east. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp.