Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a yellow scarf. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mercenary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To be a Baker again; and money/treasure

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He sports a flattop fur cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. 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: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the east to a Spice Merchant, Traubon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He became a Spice Merchant soon after.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has shaved her head bald. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 6'2", this man is wearing a long, black cloak. His silver crest is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the west to a Mortician, Nadarr learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. He has no hair. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Frederick alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp.