Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and carries glaives. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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: Semyaza hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age her mother died while driving off some illithids. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in glaive use. 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. Semyaza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This eastern man is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Willow was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is short and black. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. Eleanor 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a Scribe first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Laborer, but she got bored and became a Scribe. She became a Scribe soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her shield. She has a hunchback. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Fletcher mother left her crippled. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Naal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Criminal record, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Mayor. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Emerald 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 tends to her Mayor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (80 gp).