Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Qualen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Qualen was born with his father's beautiful face. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman wears a brown collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports brown long hair. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. To her fellows she 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: Kathra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Kathra was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Painter, and carries longbows. She wears her black crest down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With wild auburn hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Tordrid lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Tordrid was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Tordrid's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Doctor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She likes to wear green tank tops with white skirt. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her dark red hair is thinning but still full. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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. Shava fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. She has wavy chestnut hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a green tunic with grey highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He got into the Mayor business at a young age. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Gorbundus took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hammer and armor he uses now. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.