Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and tridents. She keeps her white crest in a pixie cut. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. Her orange fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Drifting was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She became a Fortune-teller soon after.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 80 gp. Malachite (7 gp).

Description: This western woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Jarana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Jarana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 12000 cp. White pearl (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: This woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Manea liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a quarterstaff and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gimgen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

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

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western man wears a green coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This white eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Melech was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Melech was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Melech's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Melech and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is an epitome of beauty. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Roge 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 Roge. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 sp.